It was a crime without forethought which had tragic consequences.

No doubt Calgary mom Kaitlyn Rose Folkins didn’t set out on the afternoon of Canada Day 2024 with the intention of ending the life of her four-year-old Alaskan Malamute/German Shepard cross, but that was still the result of her foolish conduct.

Not surprisingly, in the aftermath of Lucky’s untimely death, Folkins found herself the target of what Justice Mark Tyndale called “the virtual pitchforks and torches of social media.”

Online vitriol

Vigilantism is alive and well in Alberta, and the convenience of the Internet makes it all the more easier for angry citizens, in this case no-doubt animal lovers who see their own pets as family, to go on the attack.

As Tyndale noted in handing Folkins a community-based sentence whi

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