Save Lennox Campaign Fails, 7-Year-Old Dog Put to Sleep After Massive Online Outcry
If you’ve any dog lovers on your social media friends lists, the words “Save Lennox” have probably popped up in your feed in the last week or so as animal advocates tried desperately to save the life of the “pug-nosed” pup on death row in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The “Save Lennox” campaign, however, would tug at the heartstrings of even cat servants the world over, as the labrador/bulldog cross-breed pup had been seized not for a violent or scary act — he’d just been taken into custody from his loving family due to something called the “Dangerous Dogs Act.”
And a Facebook page set up to organize action for Lennox was updated late last night by the puppy’s family, who seemed to lose all hope that even the hundred thousand voices calling for clemency in their beloved pet’s case would have any sway at all in saving him.
Last night, the “Save Lennox” Facebook page was updated to indicate that not only was the family set to imminently lose their innocent dog, but also that the officials who’d decided to put him down refused the family a final visit with the condemned canine:
“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.”
Officials in Belfast, however, say Lennox was not as angelic as his owners made him out to be, and that despite offers to adopt the beloved pet from around the world, destroying him was the only way forward:
“The people looking after Lennox for the past two years said that one minute the dog was placid and friendly and the next he would try to get through the fence to get at you.
“Now do we release that dog into society? We have a duty of care to people.”
During the “Save Lennox” campaign, officials say that they have been subject to harassment and death threats by angry dog advocates locally and worldwide.
Tags : dangerous dog act, dangerous dogs, lennox, lennox the dog, save lennox
Posted: July 11, 2012
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Jul 11, 2012
Belfast City Council are MURDERS!
Jul 11, 2012
Those officials deserve the harassment they're getting.
Jul 11, 2012
Shame on Belfast City Council! RIP poor baby Lennox….we love you!
Jul 11, 2012
Belfast can make all the excuses they want, there are none to justify murdering dogs no matter the breed. ONLY GOD has the right to take a life, he created the dogs. BELFAST CITY COUNCIL, you will be judged by the LORD one day. Thank GOD there is hell for people like you to burn in forever. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO KILL ANY DOGS, KEEP LYING TO THE PUBLIC about Lennox being mean, I'm sure your rotten dog keepers beat him and treated him inhumanely. no one believes your stupid lies.
Jul 11, 2012
BOYCOTT ANYTHING IN BELFAST!!!
Jul 11, 2012
I wish people writing articles would stop using euphemisms. He was not "put to sleep" or "euthanized". He was killed. If you want to go even more extreme – executed simply because of the way he looked.
Jul 11, 2012
Shame, shame on you "Belfast" you were given more than suitable alternatives by people well qualified in everything dog. And chose to take the cowards way out, why? You had options that would have worked out for everyone! You stood by the fact that "Lennox" was a threat and it wouldn't be responsible to allow him to be transferred….which means you made a personal not professional judgement about the experts that were offering their knowledge, experience and resources! You do not have the right to make that kind of judgement call, against the experts and the people! This is truly unjust on so many levels! Furthermore, of course "Lennox" might have shown less then calm happy behavior. You had him locked up for 2 years with attendants who wanted him dead! How is an animal suppose to behave with that kind of energy looming around it everyday! I see in this picture solid concrete walls, no windows! And I'll bet because you deemed him allegedly dangerous, no one spent any quality time with him! That would affect any animal, not just a dog! This is despicable! It's about far more than just a dog, it's about right and wrong! You found this dog by mistake! Not because of a complaint or an incident! How dare you!
Jul 11, 2012
I'm sure Cesar Millan would have gladly took him in. Look how many dogs he has SAVED! (not killed)
So very sad that Belfast had to kill this family pet!
Jul 11, 2012
But those a'holes had too much pride to admit they were wrong and let him go
another prime example why i like animals more than people… Uggghhh
Jul 12, 2012
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/817/837/410/lennox-law/#sign Lets END BSL, please sign!
Jul 12, 2012
Belfast City Council dog butcherers are lying. If Lennox tried to attack them it would only have been if they beat and tortured him. If any of them had a conscience they would expose the truth. We will keep digging for the truth till we get it. This isn't over. We will get justice for Lennox. I am raising funds to pay for a whistleblower to come forward. Someone in their will tell the truth about what really happened to Lennox. No one believes he was killed yesterday. He was killed long before and Belfast City Council have been covering up the fact for years. That's why they couldn't produce a body. That's why they never let any independent third parties see Lennox – because they had illegally murdered him. This truth will be exposed. It is only a matter of time.
Jul 13, 2012
No kidding. I still cannot believe this. It disgusts me so much. If only I had the funds to go to Ireland and break him out myself.
Jul 13, 2012
Lennox may not be here but he has united the world and that is a force stronger than anything else to fight this stupid law his memory lives on – oh bcc show the evidence that he was dangerous by yr so called expert and give the collar back
Jul 18, 2012
BOYCOTT ANYTHING IN BELFAST! Belfast City Council are KILLERS!
Jul 18, 2012
BOYCOTT ANYTHING IN BELFAST! Belfast City Council are KILLERS!