The professional dog walker is no longer allowed to walk clients鈥� dogs on District of North Vancouver鈥檚 trails.
District staff announced Thursday they were suspending the business licence of Glen Affenzeller (who also goes by the surname Zeller), owner of Vancouver-based Dogtalk Ventures Ltd. 鈥渋n light of the seriousness of the findings of the BC Farm Industry Review Board.鈥�
The review board released a ruling on Oct. 11 denying Affenzeller鈥檚 appeal to have his dogs returned to them after a BC SPCA investigation found them in a state of distress. The SPCA began their investigation when someone videoed Affenzeller abusing a dog in his care, according to the review board鈥檚 ruling.
District staff also suspended his park use permit, which is required of professional dog walkers for district trail use.
As of Friday afternoon, a petition demanding his licence suspension had hit almost 700 signatures.
Affenzeller will have the chance to appeal the suspension before district council if he submits a formal request to the district鈥檚 clerk.
Affenzeller has not yet returned a request for comment.
