Canadian government apologizes to Inuit in Nunavik for mass killing of sled dogs

More than 1,000 of the dogs that Inuit relied on for their livelihoods were shot to death by Mounties, employees of the Hudson's Bay Company and other authorities from the mid-1950s until late 1960s across Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec.

Canadian government apologizes to Inuit in Nunavik for mass killing of sled dogs
Man in black suit speaks into a microphone. A dog sled and qulliq are viisible

More than 1,000 of the dogs that Inuit relied on for their livelihoods were shot to death by Mounties, employees of the Hudson's Bay Company and other authorities from the mid-1950s until late 1960s across Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec.