The belfast 'powers that be' are SO angry that thier gutless ways have been made known to the world that they WANT Lennox dead, they want it BADLY. They have been embarassed, rightfully so, in front of the whole world and they are PISSED OFF about it. They have made mistakes on every turn in this case and they are NOT happy to be looking like baffoons so they're answer is to keep backing up the PROVEN to be lying dog warden and DEMAND death for an INNOCENT soul. belfast has a bloody past and, appearantly, plans for a bloody future too. I wish the belfast City Council EXACTLY what they deserve, forever and ever. MANY people vebieve that they have already killed Lennox and are trying desparately to hide the fact, I think they're right.

This is so ridiculous..... If their government is that backwards...... who would want to risk going there? Perhaps we should start up an IRELAND TRAVEL BAN!! Hit them in their pocket book, that usually does more to get a governments attention than petitions and letter writing!!

blondeness032, A lot of people have messaged and phone many of the businesses in Belfast trying to encourage them to stand up for the do. They are threatening to boycott Ireland entirely if they go through with this murder.

Different dog breeds all have different DNA markers, i.e., pitt bull makers are different from bull dogs, etc., so why haven't these animal control folks done any DNA tests on Lennox?

blondeness032 - I don't have any problems with boycotting people that would willingly do something so heinous as to kill a dog that has not done any harm to anyone, based only on a supposition that it's a dangerous breed. You'd think they at least would need to do a DNA test or something to prove that it's a dangerous breed, just so they'd have a leg to stand on.

But just a note about your proposed Ireland travel ban - you can't lump "Ireland" into one basket. This is happening in Belfast, which is in Northern Ireland and as such is part of the UK. Let's not encourage people to punish the Republic of Ireland with a blanket Ireland travel ban or any other boycott measures. What most people think of as "Ireland" has nothing to do with Belfast's actions and shouldn't be made to pay for them.

Boycott Belfast is all over Facebook!

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” -Mahatma Gandhi

If this is the criterion that we are to work with, Lennox doesn't stand a chance. The UK left greatness and moral progress behind long ago and has never looked back preferring fascism and mindless reactionary paranoia. Any country that could be goaded into sending its young people into harm's way by the likes of gw bush and dickless cheney for purely political reasons has no moral code left by which to judge right and wrong (I won't even begin to comment on my own country which condones doing this to humans, animals though they may be. Who is worse, the premeditated murderer or the premeditated state murderer who turns us all into accessories to murder?). This is what a rothschild 'democracy' looks like on both sides of the Atlantic and unless we are willing to remove our parasites, psychopathy like this and much worse will continue to poison our cultures right back into serfdom as every little psychopath with the smallest amount of power takes their cue from their fully psychopathic elites.

I suppose the problem here is that pitbulls, despite their 'loving nature', do have a somewhat ghastly track record. And many of the people who think pitbulls are 'cool' are also people who would score low on 'responsibility' and 'foresight' inventories. I love dogs and have three huskies but I would not want pitbulls potentially getting loose in my neighborhood. If I saw a loose pitbull, I would chamber a round in my piece before trying to lure it into an enclosed area so its owner could retrieve it. I do not have that feeling with any other breed.

In any case, I am off to sign the petition as much to save us all as to save Lennox in particular. We have to say a strong NO to highhanded behavior in any form from our hired help and if the gahddam dogcatcher has more authority than We, The People, we are already lost.

One of the best posts of the day. Belfast,, Northern Ireland is a place I'd want to boycott, along with Pakistan and other barbaric places.

As usual, the old bitter, misinformed loser rears their ugly head! Coming out like cockroaches and thinking someone will find their comments important.

To those commenting such as NoScope, humans are a vicious breed too and they're supposed to be more intelligent than animals. Do your research before you type. If you are capable of comprehending fact, (which by your comment I am not sure about), the media is filled with stories of children and animal abusers all over the world. I say kill THEM all.

They don't care in Belfast if catholics and protestants slaughter each other. But they get all upset about a dog and want it destroyed. That says a great deal about the people who run Belfast.

this is what happens when you have breed based legislation against a breed that does not really exist. pitbulls are a type more so than a real breed and lots of perfectly good dogs look "pit-ish" like boxers, american bulldogs, some labs. why dont we try getting a grip on ourselves and stop cowering in terror at the "pitbull menace" more people die from honeybees or choking on hotdogs than pits- lets be proportionate here we are making laws to outlaw a dogs look to prevent an almost non existent threat.

Put the dog, a baby, and a bowl of milk in a closed room. You'll see what he is.

no scope, people are dangerous, people like you. you should be tortured, then euthanized ! LOSER !!!!!

cheetah, what did you yourself see when you put that to the test ?

no scope, you dumbass hopefully some human will come along and rob you you then slit your throat.

Wow, borderline death threats over a dog in another country. We are all freely entitled to our opinions until some start wishing harm on others. So, it is my opinion that Sandra, Cheetah, and No Scope should all STFU and let the adults have intelligent conversations here.

NoScope, the dog HAS been dna tested, and he's NOT a pit bull. He WAS a service dog before he was taken from his family. (which means he had a job, a purpose, he brought happiness, unlike you.) His name is Lennox, and his only crime is looking like a pit bull.

Gawd, does there have to be negative a-holes spewing on every story? At least the dog is capable of love. Can't say that about some of these supposed humans.

Much as I hate to see a dog that has done nothing wrong be killed, I wonder why the people who owned this dog claimed to someone making an enquiry about him (presumably about his breed) that he would "rip their head off". If you look up the USPCA. an organization responsible for protecting animal welfare in Northerm Ireland, they have a fairly good explanation as to why this act was put into law and how pitbulls were being used in Northern Ireland by terrorist groups, drug dealers etc. to control the local population and efforts against them by law enforcement. Lennox is an unfortunate casuality of the law, but I still wonder why the family initially made that stupid statement.

I urge anyone who thinks Pitbulls are a dangerous breed to do some research. You will find that pitbulls help far more people than they ever hurt.

William Bjornson said:

If I saw a loose pitbull, I would chamber a round in my piece before trying to lure it into an enclosed area so its owner could retrieve it. I do not have that feeling with any other breed.

I saw a pit bull running loose in my neighborhood, female, nursing mother. I walked up to her to try and locate collar or tags to get her back to her rightful owner. She ran away. I followed. She turned and bit me--closed her teeth in my right calf muscle. Instead of going into panic response and start fighting her I spoke sharply to her, told her 'bad dog! Let go!' She did immediately and backed off. I walked calmly to the end of the block (calf muscle hurt, but if you show weakness they will come after you again) and picked up the phone, called the police.They responded and took over, asked if I needed to go to the hospital, I told them I didn't--while her bite had a lot of force behind it, she never broke the skin and the pain I experienced was just from a bruised muscle.) Animal control took her in, tested her negative for rabies, and euthanized her because unfortunately she did bite someone. But her owners were also not responsible about keeping their gate and fence in good repair, had not gotten the dog a rabies shot in years, and did not have the dog licensed for the municipality and she also had a history of aggression toward people.

I used to work dispatch for Animal Control in my municipality. I got a call one afternoon from the sports stadium right down the road from our offices from a couple of out-of-towners who were there attending a game. They said they found a skinny starving pitbull outside the stadium and managed to get their own dog's leash around its neck and were feeding it hot dogs until someone could get it. I tried to give thm instructions on how to bring the dog back to us but they were totally lost, and the AC officer assigned to our district that night was on an emergency call and no one else was available, so I took a quick break ran a quarter mile down the road to the stadium, and brought the dog back myself (got in trouble for it, too.) As the privilege of naming a new dog goes to the one who brought it in, I named him after one of the team sports stars who played at the stadium that night, and he was found to be perfectly calm, niot at all aggressive, and was subsequently adopted out--and that Christmas we got a card from his new owners saying they'd gotten him certification as a therapy dog.

In all my years of working for Animal Control and volunteering at the shelter that houses the animals I've never had the feeling I was in danger with ANY breed of dog. Individual dogs, yes--at Animal Control, we got a wide variety of dogs in from a wide variety of situations, but I've never felt I was in danger just because a dog was a specific breed.

If a pigeon craps on your car, do you blame all pigeons? If a deer runs out in the road in front of you and your car is damaged, do you blame all deer?

NoScope said:

Pitbulls are a vicious breed responsible for the majority of dog attacks, many of them fatal. Kill them all.

Working and volunteering for Animal Control in an inner-city animal shelter where the dogs are about 60-75% pits, I will say that based on my own expereince, not all dogs who bite people were pits--in fact, only a small number of VDHB (Vicious Dog Hearing Board) cases are pit bulls. We get more Chihuahuas, Cocker Spaniels and Chows in on bite cases than pits--a typical month will see between 30 and 40 VDHB cases and maybe eight will be pits.

Back in the 50's German Shepherds were the hated/feared breed deemed vicious and responsible for the majority of bite attack fatalities. They had to be registered, licensed, and were banned in many places.Then in the 60's and seventies it became the Dobermans and Rottweilers. Starting in the mid 80's till now it's been pits--now we have BSL (breed specific legislation) against pits, and pit ownership is becoming more regulated and draws more attention. So the criminal element who owns these dogs for the wrong purpose will turn their attention to another breed, and we'll have more legislation against them to...when are we going to stop blaming the dog and start blaming the people who own them?

NoScope, at least your handle is honest--you have no scope of knowledge from which to base your impressions on. If you have time, I strongly recommend that you pick up the book 'The Lost Dogs', about the dogs saved from Michael Vick's dogfighting kennels. It will be an eyeopener for you.

NoScope said:

Maryd828: And as usual the bleeding heart dimwits come out to defend a worthless breed that contributes far more pain and suffering than it's worth. Hopefully a pitbull will maul you some day instead of an innocent kid, you injudicious jackass.

Irregardless of your personal views on the subject, the namecalling was inappropriate and childish, and wishing harm on others is as irresponsible and as injudicious as you accuse Maryd of being.

Maryd said:

To those commenting such as NoScope, humans are a vicious breed too and they're supposed to be more intelligent than animals. Do your research before you type. If you are capable of comprehending fact, (which by your comment I am not sure about), the media is filled with stories of children and animal abusers all over the world. I say kill THEM all.

About a year ago we got a call from the police requesting Animal Control's assistance. When AC got there they found out that residents of an apartment buildng heard someone SCREAMING and they called police thinking it was a child. The cops got there and found a pug mix (medium, about 25 pounds) in the apartment cowering in the corner with a rectal prolapse (if you don';t know what that is google it becaise I'm not going to explain it in a place where children can read.) bleeding everywhere. The guy they had in handcuffs had molested this dog, and it was her howling that had caused the neighbors to think it was a child.

Our AEO (Animal Enforcement Officer) didn't have time to try and calm her down, and as much as he hated to use a catchpole on a dog so clearly traumatized, there was no other way to get her into the truck to take to the shelter for emergency treatment. when we got her into the exam room she refused to let anyone touch her, ran into the corner dragging her bleeding prolapse, and just cried. it took half an hour for a female vet tech to get close enough to touch her and the dog refused to allow anyone to touch her back end, so in the end all we could do was slip a needle in her foreleg and send her to sleep.

Anyone complaining about animals being vicious needs to have a good long look at the subject. They are a product of their breeding, upbringing and ownership. Poor genetics, poor upbringing, and poor owners are responsible for 99 percent of all bite cases out there; what's the human excuse for animal cruelty? we're supposed to be intelligent, reasoning, logical beings--why are we blaming them for what we made of them? When are we going to take responsibility for our part in the human/animal tragedy?

It is just a dog, not a person, a political prisoner, or member of some maltreated ethnic group.

I'm not saying the dog needs to be killed [euthanized], but its fate is certainly not worth all this furor on both sides of the Atlantic.

People don't have enough to worry about.

dman said:

It is just a dog, not a person, a political prisoner, or member of some maltreated ethnic group.

If you can't have compassion for an animal, how will you have compassion for a human? You do know that statistically, most serial killers who have no empathy compassion or consideration for other people (which allows them to do heinous things to other people) start out torturing and killing wild animals, dogs and cats? Animal abuse by youths and children is considered an indicator of possible psychopathic tendencies, and in some states, a person who has been accused/convicted of beating/killing the family pet will get a visit from social services to determine whether children in the house are also at risk.

Kris Thurston said:

!!!!!i hope someone helps him!!!

According to one article I read, he's scheduled for euthanasia on Monday July 9. MOVE FAST!!!!

Amanda,

Well said by someone who is well informed. Those commenting like NoScope are only showing their true character. He only needs to spend a day working with abused children and abused animals to know that he lives in a fantasy world. As it stands, we as humans have a lot to learn when it comes to caring for the little things in life so that we CAN transfer that empathy to other areas of life. His name calling only shows his limited ability to think rationally and intelligently.

Noscope1337 is an ass!! Do you're parents know you are on the computer??

Noscope, no breed should be killed just for its breed; however it is an American BullDog mix. I have raised so many American Bull Dogs which are NOT Pitt Bulls. This practice needs to stop. My heart would be broken if I were this family. WHat can I DO TO HELP?

If you can't have compassion for an animal, how will you have compassion for a human?

Amanda, today I had hamburgers for lunch, which is just ground up cow. I imagine, this being summer, many other Americans had similar meals. My shoes and belts are made from animal hide, which is also a common practice among Americans. Every day in the summer months, hundreds if not thousands of small flying insects meet their fate in the form of my car's windshield; I spritz it with windshield wiper fluid and remove the tiny corpses with a couple of swipes of the windshield wipers; most other Americans do the same without giving it a thought.

Yet, in this world of 7 billion people, you expect me to get all worked up about the immanent demise of a dog in England, or be branded a probable, or latent serial murderer.

In the time it took me to write this response, I expect one or more Afghans have died in the sectarian strife there, or in the unrest in equatorial Africa.

Yup, that dog is real important in the scheme of things.

I hope our nation is threatening war if the brutal Brits do not curb their penchant for caninicide.

The horror! The horror!

Response to DMAN 353357- Yes, it is true that this is one dog and there are other humans AND animals out there that also deserve our attention and voice, but being involved in this movement does not negate any compassion that we feel for those suffering elsewhere. Lennox's life is as equally as deserving of our support as any other life. We humans are brought up to think we are the "superior" species, just as once upon a time whites were "superior" and men were "superior". I think its only a matter of time before we all stand back and realise a life is a life, regardless of species, we all possess much of the same DNA, and any attempt to philosophize human life above any other is really just human arrogance. And I wouldn't bother with the "intelligence" argument, as I'm a psychology graduate and we can't even agree how to measure intelligence properly anyway so any quantitative arguments in this case are null and void.

Equality and respect for all life on earth, with all animals (inc. homo sapiens) being equal is the way forward. Lets save Lennox and then turn our attention to the death penalty, how women are treated in many middle- Eastern countries, rape victims and the "blame-the victim" response from many authorities in rape cases, the millions of animals raised in the most disgustingly cruel conditions for meat consumption on factory farms, animal testing, the destruction of our planet and its lungs- the rainforests, political prisoners, unjust wars, terrorism, homelessness, the fur trade, AIDS, animal abuse, domestic abuse, poverty........ the list goes on. What can we do but tackle the "little" things such as Lennox's case one at a time?

If you have a better idea, I'm waiting to hear it... Or should we all just not care about anything or anyone?

If you have a better idea, I'm waiting to hear it... Or should we all just not care about anything or anyone?

As I attempted to point out, the fate of a dog, even one named Lenox, is nothing but an easy to comprehend distraction, and worrying about a dog, when each of kills hundreds of living creatures every day in our daily commute, is hypocritical Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people may protest against the killing of this dog, and if they succeed in preventing it, they will all clap themselves on the back and feel as if they have accomplished something.

They have not. In the time spent preventing this dog's death, how many other animals and people will have died unremarked? How many women will have been raped, or forced into arranged marriages. How many chilldren have been murdered or sexually abused.

There are far more important issues in this world than the fate of a single dog.

Equality and respect for all life on earth, with all animals (inc. homo sapiens) being equal is the way forward.The time and energy spent saving

I agree, respect for all life is important, but if you think a day will come when humanity will accord all forms of life with the same rights as are accorded to people, you are living in a dream world.

To live and breed in this world is to kill other living things, either explicitly, as is done in the slaughter house, or more subtlely, throught the elimination of habitat for other creatures. Even if you a vegetarian, the fruit, grain and cereals you eat are raised on land which has been cleared and dedicated to the production of food for humans. Whatever other living things existing there, be they bird, insect, mamal, repitle, or amphibian, had to be pushed aside to make room. Some may have survived. Others starved.

It seems much more honest, and actually more humane, to do as the deer hunter does, shoot the animal quickly use it for food, just as people have been doing since paleoithic times.

So, no, I really do not give a rats ass what becomes of Lennox, and I consider all this furor over his fate the antics of people who have never recovered from watching Walt Disney features about anthropomorphasized coyotes, birds and rabbits.

Gosh, dman, thanks so much for telling me how to feel about this! I really appreciate that, but I need some help re how to feel about a few other things. For example, designated hitter rule, awesome or a travesty? The CERN supercollider, amazing scientific breakthrough or world-ending debacle? Gee, it makes life so much easier when I have someone to tell me how to feel about everything!

Also, you're a douchebag, and I FEEL entirely confident that your eventual death will sadden exactly no one.

Loving the comments of the empathetic, intelligent and rational thinkers putting the pathetic, unintelligent and irrational thinkers in their place!

amb - if you don't like my opinions on this faux-issue pertaining to a dog named lennox, don't read them.

As to your assessment of myself, ooooh, the pain. Another Ivory-Tower theorist about life has found something about which to fly into a rage.

dman:

Just because we have compassion for one dog out of hundreds (trust me, I know, our shelter euthanizes at least thirty a week) but for those of us in animal rescue, we fight for the ones we can save, say a prayer for the ones we can't, and celebrate every victory, however small. Doesn't mean that we don't also have compassion for the larger of the world's ills, we do and we've all commented on those larger ills here on Newsvine.

I realize that you believe a dog is not important, and that's your right. You're welcome to believe that. Lennox's demise is in no way going to affect you or your life, but to the little girl in Ireland whose service dog he was, it will have a very large impact on her life, her beliefs, her faith and trust in the adults around her and the government of her city, and that distrust in authority, this breakdown in cooperation between municipality and citizenry can have long-term repercussions.

Perhaps we should start up an IRELAND TRAVEL BAN!!

How about starting up an UNITED KINGDOM TRAVEL BAN!!

Belfast is not part of Ireland. Geography, what a wonderful thing :-)

dman:

You obviously think that saving this dog is a waste of everyone's time.

My question to you is, if we are wasting our time trying to save this dog,

why are you "wasting your time and ours" by commenting on all of this.

Obviously our LOUD PUBLIC VOICE has reached even your hardened ears,

and "hit a nerve" somewhere, or you wouldn't be commenting on this subject

at all. Therefore, that shows THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN GETTING THE

WORD OUT!!! Thank you dman for confirming that for all of us!! :P

why are you "wasting your time and ours" by commenting on all of this.

Why are you placing quote marks around "wasting your time and ours"?

Who are you quoting, or what ironical meaning are you attempting to add to your words?

Beyond that this is a message board where people pass the time by commenting on various subjects. Sometimes somebody actually learns something from examining the opinions of others. It has happened to me ...but not on this thread.

The nerve you allude to is my aversion for people over-reacting to such stories and the modern media outlet over-reporting them, simply because they are easier to understand and have greater emotional impact than stories which actually affect the lives of people and animals a great deal more.

The energy spent worrying about one dog in Great Britain might be better spent gaining a better understanding of the longterm malaise affecting our economy. Believe it or not, more people [and dogs] will die due the chronically high unemployment in the U.S. than will die due to a perhaps ill-conceived law in the United Kingdom. But puppy dogs are cute, and every understands that euthanize means kill, so they get worked into a frenzy and start espousing travel bans for Great Britain, write-your-congressman campaigns, and all manner of emotionally satisfying, but ultimately wasteful activities.

Meanwhile, the NOvember elections are just around the corner, and most voters have no idea as to which politicians have a ghost of an idea what to do.

This dog has Pit-bull in him! I am a veterinarian, I have treated hundreds of Pits. Honestly I have met more aggressive and mean (Will Bite) Golden Retrievers than Pit-bulls. In another words I trust a Pit-bull more then a golden retrievers.

Behind the majority of aggressive Pit-bulls were aggressive and violent Humans.

Two major factors causing all the problems with Pit-bulls. (1) One Hell of a bite. (2) Great love for their owners. They would do anything for them.

Unfortunately aggressive and violent people use these two factors in teaching these dog to attack people.

Harvey Levin (TMZ) in my humble opinion, has no idea what he is talking about, when he talks about PitBulls.

They have done the DNA test and he is Labrador x Am Bulldog x Staffie.

Vet Eric wrote: "Behind the majority of aggressive Pit-bulls were aggressive and violent Humans."

True, but which came first...the chicken or the egg? In my neighborhood, I see many dogs with their owners. Pit bull owners do not look like normal, ordinary people. Rather, they seem to own a pit bull as a way to compensate for inadequacies in their personalities. (Of course, they would never admit to such inadequacies.)

Whenever my dog (a medium poodle) meets a pit bull, I am scared to death because, as you wrote, they have "one Hell of a bite", and as honest dog owners would state, we really do NOT know what will set off a dog to fight.

Eric-FOR YOUR INFORMATION hes is an American Bulldog Cross Lab. HE IS NOT A PITBULL! also believe they have had a DNA done to verify this.

Hohum said:

True, but which came first...the chicken or the egg?

Poor breeding, poor upbringing and poor ownership is responsible for 99% of dog bite incidents out there. Of the bite cases that come in at our Animal Control, the overwhelming majority of them are from backyard-breedings--one of the most egregious examples being a cse of a local mailmanwho lost a testicle to a pack of Chihuahuas. The oldest two dogs in the pack are male and female, and they were pretty calm and realtively well-behaved. Owner did not get them fixed, they had puppies, kept two females from that litter. Well, when those two females went in heat their father got them pregnant and the owner kept two females from that litter, in which the father was also the grandfather. The last two were the ones who knocked the mailman off the front step, then attacked him while on the ground, shredding pant leg, leg, upper thigh, and eventually resulted in losing one of his 'family jewels'. The owner called them her little darlings, claimed they'd never hurt anyone, and said her 'little darlings' would never have attacked the mailman if he hadn't been on her property. (she didn't have licenses or rabies shots for any of the six and there had been numerous complaints in the neighborhood about her pack runnng loose, chasing kids, dogs, and cats.)

In my neighborhood, I see many dogs with their owners. Pit bull owners do not look like normal, ordinary people. Rather, they seem to own a pit bull as a way to compensate for inadequacies in their personalities. (Of course, they would never admit to such inadequacies.)

Then you're in the wrong neighborhood because I see plenty of 'normal, ordinary people' who own pits. Many many of the volunteers at our shelter have adopted them from us; many of the citizens of our municipality who have registered, licensed pits and bring their dogs into the shelter for our rabies clinic (rabies shot for $6) are ordinary, normal people. Doctors, lawyers, blue-collar and white-collar workers, college students, retirees.

We had a guy come in with a six month old white pit puppy once asking for it to be euthanized (we will perform free euthanasia requests for people who live in our municipality, though we reserve the right to evaluate all such requests and deny it if we feel its unwarranted.) He said he was trying to pottytrain the puppy and it refused to listen, he tried beating it, starving it, rewarding it, and it would not learn to go outside. The vet tech took the dog, but when evaluating the puppy in the exam rioom, she found out the dog was STONE DEAF. Couldn't hear a thing. (he got an animal cruelty fine later for scars we found on the dog. Damn idiot never once stopped to consider the dog might be DEAF. Didn't notice when the dog never responded to his name.)

Although our shelter's track record for finding homes for special-needs dogs isn't good, we decided to give it a shot, and a few weeks later an older deaf couple came in looking for a small, older dog to adopt. Although this large young puppy was the exact opposite of what they said they were looking for, they said they understood the difficulties of placing special needs dogs and couldn't bear the thought that this deaf puppy would never be given a chance. Despite our misgivings they took the dog home.

Fast forward a year. AC gets a call requesting AEO assistance to LEOs at the home where a breakin had taken place. when our AEO got there she found this deaf puppy (now a full-grown 1.5 year old beautiful snow-white pit) had caught himself a burglar. The burglar knew the couple was deaf, thought they would be easy pickings. The dog must have felt the vibration in the floor, greeted the burglar at the door, escorted him to the kitchen counter, and politely encouraged the would-be burglar to use the phone on the kitchen counter to turn himself in, which the burglar did. The problem was that the dog refused to let the police into the kitchen to get the burglar and refused to let the burglar off the counter, and while ordinarily the cops in our municipality will shoot first and ask questions later, they decided not to in this case, after seeing the sticker in the windows that said 'Deaf dog inside'. They were finally able to wake the couple (who were sleeping upstairs) and the couple gave the dog the order to stand down, the burglar left in custody of police, the dog got a huge steak, and our AEO came back with another unforgettable tale.

Hohum, your comment does not compute. I have owned and loved pitbulls. I am not compensating for anything, because I don't need to. I don't hide behind an avatar, my picture is right there, I have raised the children I gave birth too as well as 5 foster children, I have multiple degrees including a Masters of Psychology. As I said, no compensation needed. My pitties were sweet natured, loved my children and anyone who would rub their bellies, or give them treats, considered laying their lazy butts in front of my door guarding the house. In their eyes if you could push the door open with them laying there then you deserved to get in. Mainard, my first pitty believed himself to be the size of a Pomeranian and would try to sit on my lap when I drove, hard to do in a Toyota pick up. So please explain to me just what my silly, funny, loving, and spoiled pits were helping me compensate for?

hbtc687 and Emzy

I love Pit-Bulls, they are friendly fun loving dogs. They do have some inter-dog aggression, but in general they are friendlier then the common Golden Retriever.

As far as I remember Pit-Bulls are not a recognized breed in both The AKC or UKC.

I worked on Hundreds of Pit-Bulls in Florida. Lennox may not be 100 percent Pit-bull. But he is mostly Pit-Bull.

A lot of Staffie owners are greatly upset when you call their dogs Pit-Bulls. Genetically Staffie and Pit-Bulls are similar. They have common ancestry.

So in my opinion you can legally call this dog a Pit-bull or a Pit-Bull cross.

He has behaved beautifully in his prison despite the horrific conditions

And without medical care since he's been incarcerated. No visits, no play time, no nothing! Poor innocent fella. Cesar Millan's foundation is now supporting his release, but the petition could use a lot more signatures.

Psycho baby shredding breed should be eradicated.

The new way to kill humans in Texas is to let the heat inside the prison kill them. States with capital punishment are full of savages.

We execute humans that have committed heinous offenses. Lennox has done nothing!

You do understand, DougLogan, that humans kill FAR more babies than dogs ever will. Would you like to see all humans eradicated? Think before you type.

DougLogan-stuntman, P.I. What an ignorant person. Please never breed, we don't need anymore of your filth mucking about the world.

Wonderful,

Any records of any inmate being intentionally executed by the heat? 33 states are full of savages? What a bunch of bull!

DougLogan is a troll.

rcs, it could be that the reason " humans " are being executed ( I call them monsters ) is probably he/she tortured and killed a child so he ( the murderer ) deserves to die, don't be so quick to pity someone like that ( murderer. )

Puts m e in mind of Hitler, who killed 6 million Jews just because they happened to be Jews, not because of anything they did. Killing a dog just because of its breed is no different. I was astounded to read that this dog has not even got a record of attacking anyone, or anything.

But it IS different.

No it's not different. If we base legislation on what those few members of a species have done, then we must kill all Europeans for the millions of Native Americans, Africans, Indians, etc., that they have killed, maimed and enslaved. Then we must kill all Germans based on the Holocaust of the Jewish, and all the Huns for those they conquered, and the Vikings for those they conquered and let's not forget the Romans.. Face it, if we kill entire breeds based on the behavior of a few there wouldn't be a human left on earth.

It is different because dogs are not human beings.

I do not wish to see any animal harmed, but how can anyone place an animal's life on the same par as a human life?

Difference here is animals have no "intellect to know the difference between right and wrong" whereas the "human" animal you're so valiantly defending not only has the capacity to know the difference, they make up the ruled determining the difference. I would think that would make human crimes against each other much worse than those committed by a few animals. Just as not every human is bad, neither is every pitbull. No one here is saying that if it was choose this human life or this dog's life, choose the dog. We are saying that the legislation is wrong, killing because of breed, race, ethnicity, is wrong. If we allow it for animals who are innocent it will escalate, ever hear of eugenics. Scientists and politicians decided that members of certain races, mental capacity, and health issues should not be able to reproduce. Government has already shown that they are more than willing to allow humans to be treated like "animals" if we cave when they start on animals it won't be long before they start on us again.

Plus, how is it right to condemn an innocent ever? No matter what or who they are?

Tina-293371 of course you would say that as a person, just as you would put a family member's life above a strangers. Im sure if you asked a dog and they could reply they would put a dogs life first. We humans are brought up to think we are the "superior" species, just as once upon a time whites were "superior" and men were "superior". I think its only a matter of time before we all stand back and realise a life is a life, regardless of species, we all possess much of the same DNA, and any attempt to philosophize human life above any other is really just human arrogance. And I wouldnt bother with the "intelligence" argument, as I'm a psychology graduate and we can't even agree how to measure intelligence properly anyway so any quantitative arguments in this case are null and void. Equality and respect for all life on earth, with all animals (inc. homo sapiens) is the way forward.

Kat-

Even ants and cockroaches?

There's something wrong with you because you think humans are above all other living creatures. I hope you never own animals because I would pity them.

Mandi Save Lennox Merlenbach

It's just a fukking dog. Get your priorities straight and get the fukk over it.

sheesh....

mondo, it's hard to believe that you ever owned a dog yourself.

Mondo, as you tolerate the treatment or mistreatment of a breed of dog that never did you or anyone else any harm, so may you be mistreated in future, and see how you like it. You and those morons in Belfast are one of a kind: Worthless. I hope to hell that's where you live because I will never go there and h ope never to enocounter the likes of you or them, ever. May you burn in hell with those dog-killers.

Methinks you telling people they will burn in hell because of something like this shows that you are psycho.
I think what they are doing is dumb, but how many people would bother to protest so loudly if it were a human?
Not many.
I cannot believe people's priorities.

@Tina-293371. You really think that people wouldn't be up in arms if a human, who had never been guilty of a crime was determined to be dangerous and sentenced to be executed? Your complaint holds no merit and is actually way overused by those who think the killing of an innocent dog is dumb, but not important. I question your priorities.

Yeah well 'Lil Debbie I just reported you. Next time keep your personal name-calling attacks to yourself.

I happen to already own a dog but I also think this stupid, emotional campaign to save this one could better be spent saving a human life that was unjustly condemned to death. What Tina said.

Dogs bred to be violent have no place in society. None whatsoever.

amy-

By the same token, I question YOUR priorities.

The Barnes' owned the dog BEFORE the legislation was passed.

Lennox IS legal, it has been DNA proven. The city of belfast has even declared his LITTERMATES to be legal.

How is Lennox not grandfathered in since he predates the legislation? This is bizarre and unfair to the dog, this family and everyone else who might own a dog fitting the phenotype.

You need a life, bag

YOU need a soul.

pained1 - How old were you when your brain got disgusted with you and got up and walked away from you? Do everyone who ever knew you a big favor and go put your miserable head in the oven.

I think this is some kind of vendetta against the family, and the dog is just an excuse to hurt them.

B...S..

Karen, have you ever heard of euthanasia by Nazi Germany of mijllions of people just because of who they were, noit because of what they did? Or are you short on history? Any "government" that would do this to an animal that hs no record of biting would do anything to anybody just to jusstify their "power" or to get back at someone using the most despicable means possible: Hurting the innocent. And you @!$%#s who say it's "just a dog,"
get the hell out of this and go stick your fat heads in a gas oven. The world needs more dogs and fewer "people" like you. You are a good argment for you mother's failure to use birth control and a great argument for abortion, if need be. Would that YOU had never been born. So get your own life and shut up.

You need help.

Donna
Over-react much?
Get a life.

Tina-293371

Do you work for BCC?

Or are you just a bitter nasty waste of space?

Get alife!

I believe the trolls are out tonight, as well as orgres and demons who have been caught out maligning Lennox in the past. Tina, maybe should familiarize yourself with THE FACTS about Lennox, and BSL. This is all about LENNOX, yes, and bringing an end to Breed Specific Legislation (BSL). BSL kills canines for looks, measurements with seamstress measuring tapes, and what they "MIGHT DO". BSL is just starting with "types" soon it will graduate to other breeds, until such time as the only companion animal anyone can have is gold fish. A noted animal trainer has said "In the '80s they came for the Dobermans; in the '90s they came for the German Shepherds; in the '2000s they came for the "Pitties" BSL will not end unless people stand up and speak out and that is exactly what Lennox supporters are doing. BSL is nothing more, or less, than a method to exterminate animals, canines most notably. "If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything"!

I am not defending what they are doing.

I am just aghast at the worldwide publicity this particular case is receiving, and how outraged people are.

Petition the QUEEN, for god's sake?

It's a DOG.

You must not have dogs. Dogs are more than "It's a dog." Dogs are a part of a family. You must not know that. Our dogs are our family.

mark - if you'd been following this story from the beginning, you'd know exactly what wasn't being reported.

In any case, BSL is BS. First it was the dalmations, then the dobermans, then the german shepherd dogs, then the rottweilers... they'll find another breed to try to dump their idiocy on, it never fails.

Staffies, Bull Terriers, any breed of the "pit bull type" fall under this stupidity. These are breeds that have been around for a very, very long time. People are responsible for raising dogs who will bite, either through lack of training, or through training. Don't judge the breed, judge the deed.

You are ignorant sir. Do more research before you spread more slander. ALL dogs can kill and maim people if you don't know how to train an animal or it's abused. Apbt sbt, ambulls, all of them score higher on national temperament tests. More people are bit by chihuahuas per year than pit bulls. NOT ALL BULLY BREEDS ARE PIT BULLS. Lennox is an American BULLDOG mix. There has even been a case of a pomeranian killing an infant. It is stupid negligent people who create and put dogs into situations.

Personality disorder my ass, one of the council members also claim she was terrified for her life of the dog, guess what? There are pictures of her and Lennox floating around of him, OMG licking her on the face. She lied about being terrified. They also had other people test the dogs behavior and found nothing wrong with him. It is the Belfast city council and ONLY them who claim him to be "Aggressive."

They are unjust and prideful morons who stuck their foot in @!$%# and are pretending it never happened. Sick people like that have no place in any position of power.

Bull@!$%#, bull@!$%#, bull@!$%#. Go screw yourself with your ideology and try to understand the real world, andreal emotins and the abilityt to make judgements instead of applying a heartless one size fits all set of morals an dethics. You are the ype of person who applauded heretics being burned at the stake during the Spanish Inquisition just because they wereen't "good" Catholics but were other types of believers. That was their "crime." This is a modern day version of witch hutning and scape goating. If the poor dog has already lost its fur then put it down, for mercy's sake. It's probablyh suffering enoughb now for 10 pit bulls who have bitten people already!!!Northern Irelandn sucks and ranks in my mind with the Taliban infested Pakistan and Afghanistan Middle East. You people are throwbacvks and barbarins may you rot in hell for the hell you are putting an innocet dog thru.

If i remember correctly, the provisions of the ridiculous breed-specific laws in many locations require any of the specified breeds to be muzzled in public (the ones that aren't outright executed anyway). They were likely just trying to comply. As for the "breeder" being at fault, the mix stated sounds pretty random to me.

That Lennox' littermates were ruled legal under the same law just strengthens the case that this is either a coverup or a vendetta against this dog and his people on the part of persons on the Belfast City Council.

Lil' Debbie
It's a DOG, for god's sake.
You have some serious emotional issues.

Hey Tina....wow, you are one nasty piece of work!

Lennox hasn't done anything to deserve the death sentence. You, on the other hand, should be put down, albeit humanely as possible, because you are a loud mouth a$$.

Whoo Boy

Animal lovers can get right nasty, can't they?

Lennox had all his papers in order for 5 years before this invasion to kill him. They've abused him for two years, holding him in a cell. The laws even changed too! The Belfast City Council are being POWER IDIOTS, letting their ego cloud their judgment.It's really mainly the one judge actually. People have better odds of being hit by lightning than being attacked by a friendly pitt.

Dogs will defend their masters, even small dogs are that way. DNA? Lennox would give HOPE to Belfast. It's not the dogs fault he's a pitt-bull measure. The Point is the law is pure ignorant & cold. We want him to come to the USA, he deserves to live. Criminals that have actully 'killed' people are allowed to even live yet Lwnnox did nothing. Lennox commited no crime. Too many poor dogs are killed...........millions.......every year just because people are not responsible owners or just don't want them. It should be against anyones higher conscious. Belfast WILL be remembered for this act against a family dog. I was looking forward in coming to Belfast in August, yet now I guess I will go to Germany instead. I suggested my friends to also BOYCOTT BELFAST or plan to protest for a day or two if they do decide to go. I rather they not spend a penny in the city that looks to kills without a cause. Belfast can save face and show some pride and let Lennox go to a country where he will be wanted, cared for & loved! Have a Heart Belfast. Let Lennox keep his heart alive. For the GRACE OF GOD!!

Donna-

I doubt that the powers that be in Belfast will not lose any sleep over the fact that you will never set foot there.