"Dog-kicking video costs chief executive his job" by Chris Reidy | Globe Staff September 03, 2014
Joe O’Donnell, a concessionaire and a part owner of the Suffolk Downs racetrack, has apologized for the conduct of a company official after a video of the official kicking a dog went viral on the Internet.
O’Donnell is chairman of Centerplate, a Connecticut company that provides concession services to about 350 venues.
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About a week ago, a video obtained by Global News in Canada went viral showing Centerplate chief executive Desmond Hague kicking a dog in an elevator in Vancouver, British Columbia, provoking outrage among animal lovers. Hague issued an apology, agreed to attend counseling to address his anger management issues, and promised to donate $100,000 and 1,000 hours of community service to animal welfare, but with news of the video spreading to websites in the United States and potentially threatening Centerplate’s contracts....
Good thing we got Ray Rice to kick around.
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