Ron Mongeau

Ron Mongeau was born in 1949. He lived in Pangnirtung from 1977 to 1981, and has travelled in and out extensively since 1975. He is the elected mayor and works as a senior bureaucrat. His testimony includes detailed information about dog control policies in the community since the 1970s. He states that poor communication was responsible for the city’s inability to systematically make dog owners aware of the imminent shooting of their dogs. The dog-catcher was paid a bounty for each dog he shot until 1979, when the city decided to create a part-time salary position. Ron explains that this probably reduced the number of killings.