Canada's Indians. Kind, Gentle, At One With Nature?

Yet another example of the welfare state in action.

Fort Alexander, an infamously violent Indian reserve located in Manitoba's Whiteshell, near Pine Falls.

[link to winnipeg.ctvnews.ca (secure)]

"WINNIPEG -- A dog is on a long road to recovery after being found by RCMP officers in a remote Manitoba community with a jar stuck on its head and six bullet wounds from a pellet gun.

The rescue happened on Thursday when RCMP officers were called to a home in the Fort Alexander community after a woman found the dog, a two-year-old spaniel-cross named Greta, under her deck with the jar stuck on its head frozen to the ground."

"Manitoba Underdogs Rescue, who is caring for the dog, told CTV News the officer was able to remove the jar, but found Greta’s body was covered in cuts and bites believed to be caused by other dogs.

Greta was taken to an emergency veterinary clinic in Winnipeg where it was discovered she was suffering from metal toxicity. An x-ray showed she had been shot six times with a pellet gun and had a large piece of a metal in her stomach."

"They found that she was so hungry she had eaten part of an aluminum can,” said Lindsay Gillanders, the media coordinator for the Manitoba Underdogs Rescue."