Pit bulls in B.C. pet mauling tested positive for meth, cocaine, says city

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The City of Kamloops says three pit bulls involved in a deadly attack on another dog last month tested positive for methamphetamine and cocaine and it wants the animals put down.

Kamloops community services manager Will Beatty says the drugs were found in the dogs’ systems after they hopped a fence and mauled a 13-year-old border collie to death.

Beatty says an investigation involving the city, veterinarians and animal behaviour specialists found the pit bulls beyond rehabilitation.

The dogs that lived on Jasper Ave. on the city’s north shore killed the border collie on Sept. 8, and were later caught by Kamloops bylaw officials.