Therapy dog mistaken for wolf, shot and killed near Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. — A woman says her four-year-old therapy dog has been shot and killed by a hunter who mistook the animal for a wolf near Whistler, B.C.
Valé Calderoni said she and another handler were finishing a hike with 10 dogs on Monday when she heard a loud bang and instinctively crouched down.
“It was really, really loud, right next to me,” she said.
When she got back up, Calderoni saw her beloved dog Kaoru had been hit by a bullet about three metres away and was bleeding profusely.