The Canadian government officially apologized Saturday to an Indigenous community for the killing of several hundred sled dogs by police more than half a century ago.

週六，加拿大政府就半個多世紀前警方殺害數百隻雪橇犬一事，向1個原住民社區正式道歉。

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree delivered the apology in Nunavik, in northern Quebec province.

皇家與原住民關係部長加里‧阿南達桑加里，在魁北克省北部的努納維克發表道歉聲明。

"It should not have taken decades for Canada to apologize to Nunavik Inuit for the role the Federal Government played in the dispossession and devastating loss of the sled dogs, who acted as companions and kin," said Anandasangaree.

阿南達桑加里表示：「聯邦政府不應該拖延數十年，才就其在雪橇犬被剝奪與毀滅性損失中所扮演的角色，向努納維克的因紐特人道歉。這些雪橇犬既是他們的夥伴，也是如親人般的重要存在。」

According to a 2010 report, more than 1,000 dogs belonging to Nunavik peoples were killed "without taking into consideration the serious and difficult consequences for dog-owners and their families."

根據2010年的一份報告，超過1000隻屬於努納維克原住民的狗被殺害，而這一行為「未顧及狗主人及其家庭所承受的嚴重且艱難的後果。」