As you are all probably aware Lennox lost his court battle to live because he was deemed a dangerous pitbull type breed by Belfast City Council (BCC) despite dna tests proving he never had any pitbull in him & was in fact a American bulldog cross labrador. Even his dog license has him marked down as a bulldog.
Nothing about this case makes any sense to me, a BCC expert reckons Lennox was the most dangerous unpredictable dog he had ever met since when have the council employed dog behaviour experts, and where is the proof did he ever bite anyone not as far as I'm aware. Even Victoria Stilwell presenter of It's me or the dog and Cesar Millan presenter of the dog whisperer offered to rehome Lennox in America with all expenses covered. Why did they not get a proper expert like Victoria or Cesar to asses Lennox in my opinion there could be two reasons Lennox had already died while being confined in his concrete cell due to not receiving proper care in which case BCC should be charged with animal cruelty, or he was never dangerous and they didn't want to look like incompetent fools and liers. According to BCC he was far to dangerous and public safety had to come first.
Yet they reckon he was well cared for while being held in confinement and regularly exercised. If he was realy that dangerous and unpredictable why would you put someone at risk walking him.
This is the cell in which Lennox was held prisoner for two years. If i kept Sheba in them conditions i would be charged with not providing proper accommodation, neglect and banned from keeping animals. So why should BCC be allowed to get away with it.
It's as if we're going backwards as a nation instead of forward. I thought racism was a thing of the past yet that is exactly what we're doing discriminating against dogs because they look like a pitbull. Whatever next.
On Tuesday the Lennox family released a statement on there facebook page saying they were denied the opportunity to say good bye to lennox. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all again for your messages of support. We are sorry to say at the present time Belfast city council seem to be intent on killing our boy. Despite previous assurances otherwise, we have been denied the opportunity to say goodbye. We have also been told that we cannot collect his body and bring Len home. We have been informed however that we will receive "some" ashes in the mail.
Lennox had been a family pet and was a therapy dog for the Barnes family daughter Brooke. Who is now suffering from poor health and poor school grades due to being separated from her best friend. How cuel can you get.
Does this dog warden really look scared. Not.
If BCC now think they can relax they're very much mistaken. The fight has only just begun and we want answers and want them now, hopefully with enough pressure they will cave in and tell the world the truth about what really happened. The whole saga stinks of corruption.
Lennox you might of left this cruel ugly world but you will never be forgotten.
Many thanks to all the supporters from around the world who tried there best to save Lennox from execution. And especially to the Free Lennox - No Olympic Torch for Belfast facebook page who very kindly gave me permission to use there posters and kept the world up to date on developments.
RIP Lennox.
If this case dosen't prove that BSL and the dangerous dogs act isn't working i don't know what will.
