Three pit bulls involved in a deadly attack on another dog last month in Kamloops, B.C., tested positive for methamphetamine and cocaine, and the city is going to court to have them put down.
Kamloops community services manager Will Beatty said the drugs were found in the dogs' systems after they hopped a fence and mauled a 13-year-old border collie to death on Sept. 8.
In an interview Thursday, Beatty said the decision to apply to have the dogs euthanized wasn't"made lightly.""It's a very passionate scenario. You've got dog owners that have dogs that they love that they have never seen those dogs do this before. You also have a ... dog owner that is grieving the loss of their dog."
"In this situation, based on professional reports, it's indicated that these dogs cannot be rehabilitated," he said. Beatty said the city is going to provincial court to get authorization to destroy the animals, and no charges have been brought against their owner by police or the SPCA."You have to also look at the totality of circumstances," he said."Did they ingest them in community or did they ingest them at the actual house itself?"
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