Australian Government Begins Shooting Rescue Dogs To Prevent Public From Traveling To Pick Them Up Due To 'Spreading Covid'

Terrified Rescue Dogs SHOT DEAD by Australian Gov’t Due to ‘COVID Restrictions’

Sean Adl-Tabatabai

The Australian government have begun executing rescue dogs in an attempt to prevent members of the public from traveling to pick them up and potentially ‘spreading Covid.’

Yes, really.

According to shocking reports, the Bourke Shire Council killed a number of dogs last week to prevent volunteers travelling from a shelter in Cobar, in central western NSW, to pick them up.

The executions were immediately slammed by animal activists and members of the public which prompted intervention from the council’s watchdog, the NSW Office of Local Government.

Dailymail.co.uk reports: The OLG said its investigation will find out whether ‘companion dog or cruelty prevention laws’ were broken, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

‘OLG has been informed that the council decided to take this course of action to protect its employees and community, including vulnerable Aboriginal populations, from the risk of Covid-19 transmission,’ it said.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Bourke Shire Council for comment, and the Rural Outback Respite/Rescue, the shelter where the animals were due to be transported to and cared for by volunteers.

Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, who has previously been peppered with questions in Parliament over the shooting of animals in shelters, did not comment.

Animal Liberation regional campaign manager Lisa Ryan requested an urgent investigation into the shootings.  

‘We are deeply distressed and completely appalled by this callous dog shooting and we totally reject council’s unacceptable justifications that this killing was apparently undertaken as part of a Covid-safe plan,’ she said.