Ernest Dempsey — After waiting for two years in the hope of justice from Belfast authorities, the owners of the dog Lennox have 
decided to leave the dog to their mercy. The family posted its pessimistic message of giving in on facebook yesterday, saying that they have no hope of winning the legal battle for Lennox and the dog may well be killed as there is nothing they can do in the legal course of the struggle.
The news of Lenox’s owner family’s message was posted today in media. U TV reports that Lenox’s family expressed their defeat admitting that they were wrong in believing that the courts will show justice. Now their only hope is for the dog to be rehomed to US where its supporters have been running online campaigns to save Lennox from unjustifiable destruction. This is what the dog’s online supporters are now doing – contacting the Belfast City Council, whose wardens seized the dog in 2010 from its home, to ask them to let Lennox go free.
Today’s acknowledgment of defeat on the legal front comes as a big setback not only to Lennox’s supporters but to the general sense of justice. When a crime happens, people go to court for justice. But when a court is part of the crime, where do you go? In Lennox’s case, the courts in Belfast, Northern Ireland, have proved a circus where only sick humor prevails. Executing a dog with no history of aggression under the excuse that it is a pit bull and potentially dangerous has literally shown that Belfast is a living hell for innocent people and animals.
Yet one question being asked by some online supporters of the dog has still not got enough attention, though it is of fundamental importance: why Lennox? Is it just an act of state vandalism where officials can bust into anyone’s house and seize whatever or whoever they like? Or is there any other background to this entire story of authoritarian abuse and torture? A staunch critic of the Belfast authorities, Prudence Haliwell, believes that the Belfast authorities have close links with terror groups and paramilitaries and they may have raided the owner’s house and seized the dog as a measure of personal vendetta. There is, however, no evidence or clear idea of the real motive of Belfast authorities.
Of now, Belfast authorities are being condemned strongly by supporters of Lennox. The way they have seized an innocent animal and prolonged the entire drama of state-supported oppression is something only a lawless land allows on its soil. The only chance Belfast authorities stand now in restoring any respect they had is by letting Lennox go free to the US as an act of good will and justice and closing this chapter of abuse and torture.
Please , it’s never too late to do the right thing. Please release Lenox to come to the USA.
With gratitude,
Susan
I HAVE SENT AN APPEAL FOR HELP TO THE BRITISH NEWSPAPERS..
Please everyone, write to Michelle O’Neil, Agriculture Minister who CAN PARDON LENNOX or at least allow him to live in USA. Email: private.office@dardni.gov.uk and any other northern ireland/UK government minister you can find.
We might only have until Monday, 9th July before yet another innocent PET dog is murdered because a dogs LARGE HEAD PROVES it’s dangerous. It is poppycock and an outrage, usually only found in lawless countries held down by superstition!
A Chihuahua has a large head for its body too so is it dangerous, is this breed next? Will they keep adding more breeds to their BSL list until all dogs are eradicated from the UK and finally, the world? Geesh. The UK is known worldwide as pet lovers?…paah. I’m ashamed to be british.
The eyes of the world are watching you belfast and I personally will NEVER forget this and will boycott northern ireland for life. I’ll never visit or own anything from northern ireland.
Well said Ernest, I am at a loss for words right now as the news yesterday has completely ripped my heart out. I have been on board for over a year now and have adopted Lennox as a member of my family. I hurt for him and the awful treatment he has been given, the unjust trial and the pain his human family has had to endure. I keep praying that a miracle will happen and this poor creature of God will be allowed to live anywhere but Belfast. How can authorities of JUSTICE do such an injustice to a family that abides by the rules. Lennox has never caused anyone any trouble and he is not a PIT BULL BELFAST. I am a Pittie parent and I will die for my girl. She is my baby and I can just imagine what Brooke, Caroline & Craig are feeling right now. Please God keep Lennox safe and let him live the rest of his life out in the U.S.
Please send Lennox to the USA so he can live free from this ugly life in Belfast where he is misunderstood and treated like a criminal. He has done NOTHING wrong .let him go .GOD would Never approve of such cruelty…this is evil to kill him just because he looks a certain way!!!
I know its been a long.heartbreaking ordeal but dont give up now!!!!!!!!!!! Dont let them win, you have to keep fighting…he deserves to live a happy life especially all that hes been through…Please dont give up!!!!!!!!!
I sincerely hope the BCC will now feel as they have won and they can bring themselves to allow Lennox to live here in the USA. Odd that generations past of Irish(my family included) have had to seek refuge from tyrany and injustice here in the USA. I would have thought that Belfast government would have learned from the troubles.
Let Lennox be re-homed!! Supporters will pay his transport and you will be rid of this “vicious” dog – and more importantly he will be rid of you!!!
This is a very well-written article. I pray that the Belfast City Council will do the humane thing and release this dog. To do otherwise can well be considered to be totally without heart or conscience.
I pray to God that Belfast City Council see sense and show compassion and mercy. They have a huge PR nightmare here if they go ahead and kill Lennox, which they could turn to their advantage if they let him go free to the USA and demonstrate an act of goodwill in light of all the support for Lennox. Let us only hope that God helps them to make the right decision, for the sake of the darling dog and his doting family.
When reading the details of this entire situation one almost feels as if it’s some sort of fantasy or impossible drama story; something that could never happen ‘here’! With each step taken by the authorities in this situation, beginning with the decision to mandate a breed ban, they have shown that they have no interest in learning anything about dogs or canine behavior and that what is most important is to do what they do ONLY because they have the authority to do it. One can understand that they feel that they are ‘doing the right thing’ by a breed ban and by seizing Lennox but that’s no excuse to do what they have done so far. No matter how much we ‘think’ we are doing the right thing it behooves us to make sure that it’s the right thing by all involved and not simply rest on our smug self-assuredness that it’s the right thing to do because we decided it was. This is so obviously NOT the right thing for the authorities to do. Lennox’s owners did the right thing at every turn and their rights are being violated by the authorities. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever!!!
I sincerely hope that Lennox is allowed to come here to the U.S. and that the authorities will re-think the validity of the breed ban and how it truly lacks any power to keep the public safe. Killing dogs of a certain breed cannot keep anyone safe from being bitten, attacked or killed by a dog…ONLY responsible dog owners can accomplish that. It’s too bad that the authorities don’t realize that by helping the dog owning community be better, more responsible, dog owners they can help keep the public safe from dog bites by all dogs; not just a dog that looks a certain way BUT that may not even be that kind of dog!
In the end I suppose the entire Lennox situation is a perfect example of insanity and how fear can make people do the damndest things!
I am in Canada and have been following this horrific situation with Lennox. I have emailed the http://www.gotobelfast.com website….the “Welcome To Belfast” tourism site. Basically, a no thanks if you kill an innocent dog. It’s not the kind of city I want to spend a dime in. Perhaps others could email them and put pressure on. There will be repercussions if Lennox is killed. Obviously the BCC is deaf, dumb, and blind to the aftermath of their decision.
Please call/write/fax…
Time is of the essence. Northern Ireland is five hours ahead the Eastern Daylight Time zone in theU.S.
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Rt. Honourable Owen Paterson, Secretary of State Northern Ireland
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you with regard to a travesty about to occur in Northern Ireland and to beg you to please intervene and help save a life.
The life in question belongs to Lennox, a seven year old American Bulldog Labrador Cross who was living happily with his family in Northern Ireland. On May 19, 2010, Lennox was seized by council officials as an alleged “pit bull type” and taken to secluded kennels whilst his owner was issued a warrant of seizure with an incorrect address for another location.
While incarcerated in undisclosed kennels, Lennox’s family has never been permitted to visit him. It is now beyond two years that his family has not had an opportunity to interact with Lennox. According to the animal behaviourists who have examined Lennox and the various pictures on public view, Lennox’s health has been very much impacted while in custody. Lennox has lost a lot of his body fur much of it falling in clumps, Lennox has open soars throughout his body, he suffers from an injured neck, he has an unattended bleeding paw, and he is administered anti anxiety medication on a daily basis to help alleviate his stress.
In a desperate attempt to save Lennox, his owner Carolyn Barnes’s supporters have created petitions and videos resulting in worldwide support to bring Lennox home.
Northern Ireland has yet to fully implement the same dog legislation as in mainland UK. If Northern Ireland were to complete the same dog legislation Lennox could now be at home with his family. The USPCA stated that the law in Northern Ireland could be changed simply and rather quickly by an order in Council. As it is, Lennox was branded a “pit bull type” by the Belfast City Council despite a dog license issued yearly for five years by the same City Council who seized him.
It must be noted that Lennox never bitten n or attacked any human or any other animal in all the seven years of his life. There have been two independent comprehensive assessments conducted by professional Animal Behaviourists, – Ms. Sarah Fisher and Mr. David Ryan – both arriving at separate conclusions confirming Lennox as a harmless, friendly dog posing no danger to humans. For further reference, Ms. Fisher has made an excerpt of her Lennox examination available to public viewing.
It must also be added that Lennox’s owners were always thoroughly responsible in their care of Lennox. Since a puppy they had him neutered, licensed, insured, DNA registered, Pet Safe registered and micro chipped. Lennox never had a complaint issued against him while living with his family nor was he ever allowed to run free outside of the boundaries of the family home.
If Lennox lived in Southern Ireland where no breeds are nationally banned, Lennox would never have been seized at all. Lennoxhas been offered a place of safety with a reputable rescue in many parts of the world where he could legally live out the rest of his life. Most recently he was invited by an organization led by the reputable dog handler Mr. Cesar Milan in the United States of America.
I understand that you have the power to grant a Pardon and we beg of you to do all within your power to allow Lennox the chance of life by requesting Lennox be granted safe passage to the United States of America or any other country where a rescue placement is awaiting him.
I am sure you are aware of how emotionally committed good owners are to their pets. Dogs are part of the families to which they belong. In this particular case the little girl Brooke Barnes, a child afflicted with asthma and physical disabilities, was very much attached to Lennox and consistently relied and depended upon him for her safety and well being. Please spare the owner the further trauma of destroying Lennox so needlessly. Please Pardon Lennox and allow a blameless animal the chance of life.
Yours faithfully,
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2012/07/02/pardon_lennox/
For the attention of BELFAST CITY COUNCIL.
Let Lennox go to America.
You have no legal OR moral justification in keeping Lennox.
The only thing you will be hurting, is Belfasts image.
FOREVER.
what a senseless suffering of the whole family and innocent THERAPY DOG.
In all my 48 years of living, I haven’t ever
come across such horrible heartless people !!
Please!!! Let Lennox go Free !!! Is it money you want??
What will it take to let this poor dog go free!!!??
Stop all this maddness !! Let Lennox go Free!!!
I don’t understand WHY? A poor defenceless dog who has done nothing. It is breaking the hearts of thousands of ordinary people across the world. LET HIM GO you have proved your point whatever it is?????
if anything `bad` happens to Len then id hope the warden would be held up for the lies she has put to the courts.she should be done for Purgery.every one knows her now and I cant see her walking the streets of Belfast anytime soon.plus her `replacement` and ALL other wardens now in BCC will not have an easy job.
I know its said dog wardens dont like dogs.(heart rule head) and this one has proved it,
Id be feared now In Belfast of letting any warden over my door .as her intentions were friendly to start then her jobs worth kicked in. checking lens licence (which the council had supplied for FIVE YEARS)she then decides to make herself a name.but as its turned out its not the name she was hoping for.She will be known ALLWAYS as the TAPE MEASURE KILLER.should anything other than good happen to Len.
BCC is corrupt and this is a disputable act I’d cruelty through discrimmination.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING BELFAST.
If you think this will not impact you, think again..
If this dog gets killed for no reason , Belfast will suffer in the long term.
Do the right thing release him to a loving home…
Hi I am writing you from Memphis, TN in hope that someone in Belfast will do the right thing and let Lennox come to America and live out his life, if you will not let him go back to his loving family. At the very least allow him to live somewhere else. What are you trying to prove? Please let this dog live, he has done nothing wrong! Stop putting this family and dog thru hell, it is just sick what you are doing! It is almost like you are taking pleasure in killing that poor dog… its not normal, just plain crazy and cruel. Please stop before its too late!
Sonia Graham
Memphis, Tn
No, please return Lennox to his home and family. This is just breaking my heart. I live in Canada and after following the case of Lennox, I feel you have taken my baby from ME. Please is there any other way out. I thought I would love to visit Ireland, but after this, NEVER, nor will any of my friends or family. This case so unbelieveable, that you would damage the lige of this wonderful creature and his wonderful family. From what I see, Belfast does not deserve to have this family and their dog as citizens of Ireland.
Come on BCC,do the right thing here,you all know lennox has DONE NO WRONG,so why are you doing this?
How can you see a family suffer so much,you are supposed to be good people,what on earth makes you all want to kill a dog that has done NO WRONG?at least let him go to the US and a new start,you know you can let him go there and put an end to all of this in a proper manner,or have you all got a personal vendetta with this family?
Come on belfast,,,do the right thing,what will those kiddies think of you all if you kill lennox for no reason,what kind of example are you setting to all,do yourselves a favour,do what is right,let lennox live his life out,put an end to the abuse and torture he has known for 2 long years,its pointless,CRUEL and WRONG.
Save Lennox
I cannot believe that Belfast City Council has gotten away with this. Barging into a family’s home and kidnapping their dog and holding Lennox hostage for two years. Why Lennox? He never bit anyone nor ran loose. Judges have released dogs back to families even though the dogs have attacked other dogs.
What they have done to Lennox and his family and to the nearly 200,000 supporters that have signed petitions, sent emails, letters is criminal. Lies were told in court and testimony of experts were ignored.
What does Belfast City Council stand to gain by being hated worldwide? They have lost all credibility and respect. Belfast City Council needs to be held accountable for their abuse and acts of terrorism.
There are many offers for rehoming Lennox in the United States. Belfast City Councl must allow the rehoming if they won’t allow the victimized family to have their dog back.
Lennox deserves to live!!! Prayers to Lennox n his family!!
Belfast authorities, the courts and justice over there is seriously disgusting to ALL of us! What a horrible place for animals and people. May God be with Lennox and guide this innocent soul to a better place.
Please do the right thing and let Lennox live. Send him to the United States it that’s what it takes to get him justice. There are offers…why not accept?
It can only be said one way–LET LENNOX GO. He has wronged no one in any country. It is so unkind of you to leave him locked up for so long for nothing–no act of violence, no misbehavior, no aggression at all towards anyone, ever. No one has the right to hold captive a being who looks wrong to them. What a crazy idea. You know you’re wrong. You know your reasons that no one understands. Whatever they are, they are evil and atrocious. Allow Lennox to have a home somewhere else where he cannot possibly bother you anymore. He’s an animal. What do you want him for? He can do you no good anymore–let him go somewhere else. Have mercy and LET LENNOX GO!
I pray that this family can find healing and that Lennox is delivered from his pain and suffering. I will never spend a cent in Belfast!!!!!!
Please wake up and release this poor dog that has done nothing wrong!
I totally agree with the author’s views. I have been really disappointed that the Barnes family have given up the fight for Lennox and admitted defeat. Why they have been advised by their lawyer to do so? The decison of the Lower Court in Belfast legally can be overruled by the Hight Court in London and then there is also a European Court.
Something must have scared the Barnes family? Has anybody threatened them? Are they concerned about their own safety? It looks like NI is still a country of terror, regardless of the changes in the local government. Has not HM the Queen shaken their hands too soon?
It looks to me like
I am totally disgusted with this country killing an innocent dog for no reason at all! They are racist in the fact they are killing animals for what they look like! I would hate to be a human living there! How come they have got away with this? Why can’t all the primeministers have a meeting and sought this out? So if you have a breed that the council think is a threat to the community, why not pay a little extra to register them, have a special sign outside your gate to warn public? If the dog keeps getting out, then it goes to courts. The extra Money you pay for redgo can go towards feeding The poor pound puppies, it’s not hard to saught out! It’s just the stupidity and laziness of the councils today! My advice is to the councilis to start thinking about your people and what they want, and start doing your job properly, use your brains, not your lazy poisonous needle to fix all your problems! The world is watching you! Wake up to yourselves!
I would like to set a few things straight here and dispel some misconceptions. The family have far from given up on Lennox. To subject Lennox to further time on Death Row is unfair to him and his family. The wording on this has saddened me, its cruel to suggest they have given up on Lennox, nothing is further from the truth. Sadly they have had to face the stark reality that they cant move forward legally. They have not given up on their fight to save Lennox and have him go to America and live his remaining days with Victoria Stilwell. So far BCC have failed to respond. BCC have been remarkably cruel to this family, they have refused any chance of a visit which family are fighting and will continue to fight for. If, God forbid the worst comes to the worst then they want Lennox home, not his remains, him so he is always with them
BSL and the Dangerous Dogs Act & Order are the only laws in the UK where the Burden of Proof is reversed and all dogs are presumed GUILTY and owners must go in to court and prove their dogs innocent. Innocent of looking a certain way. its that stupid. Guilty of how they look and how they were born, there has certainly never been justice in the Dangerous Dogs Act anywhere in the UK. Lennox became such a high profile case because Caroline and Craig refused to accept this ass backwards law and challenged Belfast City Council and in doing so forced the world to sit up and take notice.
As for Miss Halliwell who hides behind a fake profile and spews vitriol at every opportunity I would take what she says with a pinch of salt. She has her own agenda and has been banned from many groups & pages on Facebook for her vile & abusive posts. She has posted racist and abusive messages all over facebook with little or nothing making any sense. Im afraid anything she has to say comes from her own warped mind and her hatred for her former stepparent. She is far more than a staunch critic. She has also never been a Lennox supporter as previously stated. If a search was carried out of her real name on the BBC or Belfast Telegraph a very different person would be seen. She is a racist and her posts have reflected that. Secondly the owners house was not “Raided” Raids happen without warning so those on a warrant are not aware and can be caught at home with pants down so to speak. Caroline and Craig were aware the DW would be coming back. The Vendetta here is Pru AKA Heather Brown’s own. Linking the life of an innocent dog and Sectarian Violence and paramilitary organisations is 1 conspiracy nut job too far. Im afraid Miss Brown has a very disturbed mind and her own facebook wall shows that.
This is just a sample of her mind
Prudence Halliwell commented on BlogTalkRadio.
What are you talking about? the death or reaper card doesn’t appear where an actual death is predicted.There 5 cards that show up two of them are number cards , one is a face card and the other two will tell the type of death and cause of it , none of these cards are the reaper.
I used to have a chat room in Oranum and I am not a fan of them , BUT you are very arrogant and judgemental have you ever listened to yourself? The admin in Oranum choose the guest who has the demo the reader doesn’t have any say in this.You also seem to think you should control other peoples income level.
Everything you say sounds destructful and negative.Also its not possible to hack the accounts that you claim you have also its not your business what other people charge.You are not factually correct in what you say goes on at Oranum , they take 60% actually and to be a vip member you have to spend a certain amount on readings so if you call other people psychic junkies then what are you? You talk like you know better than everyone that everyone is shit except you.I charge plenty and I will still do so no matter what you say!
I’M AFRAID THAT I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU SOUND EXTREMELY MENTALLY DISTURBED , MAYBE IT IS THE TOBACCO TOXINS OR JUST THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING OR DOING MOST OF THE TIME.You say that YOU need people to do this and that , why don’t you mind your own business.
OK I’M NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO ANYMORE OF YOUR SHIT , but before I go I have to tell you that in the original Aramaic text the alleged Jesus WALKED ACROSS THE WATER meaning that he crossed the Red Sea and walked around on the land there nowhere does it say that anyone walked magically on water.
AND Satan is a minor lower level Demon and people don’t need you to tell them that their spouse is having an affair because you don’t know this , what they need is a private detective.I’m not surprised that you don’t have kids as evil can only duplicate and not create.
With regard to Oranum the readers are not permitted to associate with each other and a life reading is very possible.Why don’t you stick to your Satanic Catholic practices and leave other people alone , or better still go get a Consultant Psychiatrist to treat you.You say you don’t deal well with humans then you say that you have “freinds ” in all walks of life DOn’t YOU SEE YOU TALK SHIT? SO FUCK OF AND STOP TRYING TO CONTAMINATE EVERY BODY ELSE.
GOODBYE INSANE WOMAN.
wELL “ange” WHO EVER YOU ARE i HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU YOUR SELF WOULD APPEAR TO BE “insane” DEAR LADY ,WHAT IN HADES ARE YOU ON ABOUT ??? fIRSTLY PEOPLE DONT “COMMENT” ON bLOGTALK RADIO ,THEY GO ON AIR BY PHONE AND iVE SEARCHED FOR THIS ITEM YOU WRITE AND IT DOESN’T EXIST.ALSO YOU SEEM TO THINK EVERY PERSON WITH THE SAME NAME AS ME IS ACTUALLY ME!!!!HOW FURRY YOU ARE…OR IS IT BECAUSE YOU ARE INSULAR AND SMALL MINDED .THIS THING YOU HAVE MADE UP AND SAY YOU COPPIED ,HOW DO WE KNOW YOU ARENT THE ACTUAL AUTHOR????AS THE ONLY PLACE I CAN SEE THIS IS AS A COMMENT HERE BY YOU.FURTHERMORE WHAT HAS SEEMINGLY OCCULT TEXT GOT TO DO WITH THE CURRENT DOG CASE OR LENNOX OR ANYTHING DISCUSSED IN THIS ARTICLE ,I’LL TELL YOU SHAL I ?NOTHING! I SUSPECT YOU ARE THE PERSON REFERED TO AS “FLANGE” ON A SIMILAR FB PAGE TO THE ONE YOU ADMIN .WHO IS THIS ALLEGED “STEPMOTHER” YOU REFER TO ?WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? i DO NOT AND HAVE NEVER PREVIOUSLY HAD A STEP MOTHER ,SO “FLANGE”, AS YOU ARE SO APPROPRIATELY NAMED,WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT? ERNESTS ARTICLE IS WITH REFERENCE TO LENNOX DOG A SMALL LINE REFERS TO ME,SO WHAT IS YOUR POINT?WHAT YOU DONT LIKE FLANGE IS THAT I ASKED WHAT THE MONIES TO THE SAVE LENNOX PAYPAL COLLECTION WERE USED FOR.BUT THEN I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE TO ASK THAT ,AM I “FLANGE”ALSO WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE “MANY” FB OR INTERNET SITE THAT YOU ALLEGE I HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF??? THATS RIGHT FLANGE YOU CANT NAME ANY OTHERS OTHER THAN YOUR OWN ,WHERE THE MINUTE I ASKED ABOUT THE “DONATIONS” I WAS STOPPED FROM POSTING.THE JOURNALIST WRITING THIS ARTICLE WILL HAVE LOOKED AT ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND THEN PUBLISHED THE FACTS JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIKE IT DOESNT MEAN THAT YOU MAY GO ABOUT ATTACKING ME AND MAKING UP A PILE OF OLD “FLANNEL” ABOUT ME ,”FLANGE”.WHY DON’T YOU SLATE ALL THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH MUCH TO SAY PUBLICLY ABOUT THE BCC? OR IS IT JUST THE CASE THAT YOU ARE A SECTARIAN BIGOT WITH AN ANTI WICCAN COMPLEX ???IS THAT IT “flange”
Oh Flange you are really funny!At least you would be if it weren’t so serious ,I didn’t write the article dear ,I didn’t say that they were raided AND according to what your own people have written on your official site the BCC came without any prior appointment and “SEIZED” the dog without any prior notice that they were going to do so ,according to YOUR OFFICIAL site they BCC put a note through the owners door initially .In all fairness to the author of this article ,he may have obtained some of his information from yourselves and what YOURSELVES have promoted in print.But then you people have changed your story on many occasions.
FIRSTLY FACT,The owner of Lennox according to the Court and LEGAL AID record is Caroline Barnes
SECONDLYThe day she entered a GUILTY plea in Court she condemned Lennox as the dog is not on trial the but owner is .
FACT, Since that day she did not attempt to have Lennox exempted and given permission to travel to a safe haven ,she could not do this because of her GUILTY plea and subsequent CONVICTION .
SO THEN WE MIGHT JUST ASK WHY THERE WAS AN APPEAL FOR MONEY AND A “campaign”ALLEGEDLY TO SAVE A GOD WHO HAD NO CHANCE FROM THE OFFSET .
WHERE DID THE CAMPAIN MONEY GO ???
PRIOR TO ANY COURT PROCEEDINGS EAST GALWAY ANIMAL RESCUE OFFERED TO TAKE LENNOX OUT OF NORTHERN IRELAND TO NEARBY IRISH REPUBLIC AND THE OWNERS OF THAT ESTABLISHMENT WERE THREATENED TO THE POINT THAT THEY NOW DO NOT EVEN PERMIT ANY MENTION OF LENNOX ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE .
FINALLY ,YOU DO NOT KNOW ME AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I AM CALLED ,I DO NOT LIVE IN ,NEAR NOR GO TO NORTHERN IRELAND ,EVEN IF I DI WHAT IS YOUR INTEREST AND WHAT HAS IT GOT TO DO WITH THIS ARTICLE? I’D SAY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
I’m not going to repeat what everyone else has said so well. All I will say is please don’t kill Lennox. There are people all over the world willing to take him. I sit here, half a world away..an Irish-American, and can’t stop crying every time I picture that sweet dog’s face. The karma that will come down on Belfast City Council will be fierce and well deserved if they go through with this.
Most recently he was invited by an organization led by the reputable dog handler Mr. Cesar Milan in the United States of America.
Why isn’t THIS a solution?
Please Belfast City Council – I write you in a polite way – please free Lennox, so he can go home to his family.
Lennox has done nothing wrong, he has never hurt anyone, he is a good dog, living in a loving family, with people who love him so much.
If you have had a dog yourself, you know how much love a dog give you, they are so loyal to you.
Do the right thing now, let Lennox go home and live with his family the rest of his life.
We the world is waiting and praying for Lennox.
Dorte Ersoy, Denmark
No words. The whole world is watching at this case. I suppose BCC has something to hide. It’s a nonsense their decision!
UNACCETTABLE!
The very least, the ABSOLUTE least Belfast City Council can do is let this dog out of the country.
I will never spend a penny in Northern Ireland myself, never mind just Belfast.
Belfast City Council is a disgrace anyway over their treatment of him and the Barnes family, if the kill him they will prove themselves to be lower than the lowest scum of the planet.
There are dangerous animals in Belfast City Council. They are sitting behind desks and driving vans!
maria Burke
Plz save Lennox he as done anything 2 anyone and I know more than most on this issue of pitbulls as my puppy was killed by 1 20 years ago so I know the damage these dogs can do but still Lennox as shown no aggression 2 anyone I was just telling my hubby about this he hit the nail right on the head maybe we should kill a few murders and rapists instead of letting them walk free after a few years and then a poor dog who Neva hurt anyone or anything as 2 be put 2 sleep because of his breed just make me want 2 cry lets just hope they see sense before it’s 2 late for him x
Please dont kill Lennox let him go and live with Cesar Millan as one of his pack dogs if you will not let his owners have him back then let him go to US and be a dog again far to lovely to be killed this dog is loved all over the world and brought love to many he meet he has done nothing wrong sent him to start a happy live with Cesar and his pack coral roberts Australia
What Belfast has done to this dog and his family is torture for NO reason. It is illegal so far as I can tell because the conditions Lennox has been forced to live in are squalor which constitutes animal abuse. I trust that there are animal abuse laws in Belfast? If so, they are guilty of their own law. I don’t know why this family or this dog, but I can assure Belfast that I will NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER THING FROM IRELAND, EAT ANOTHER MORSEL OF FOOD PRODUCED THERE NOR EVER SPEND MY VACATION MONEY SETTING FOOT OF THEIR SOIL if they kill this dog. Just sayin’ if the world were to boycott them, as they should, I bet you would see them do the right thing immediately. If everyone would join me in mass, we would win this fight – it just takes us all, in the hundreds of thousands – millions, standing united for Lennox!
Last week we saw a big step forward in the history of Northern Ireland when Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, shook hands with Martin McGuiness hopefully sealing the end of the bloodshed. It would now be a travesty of justice to murder an innocent dog who has previously been licensed for 5 years by the very same council that wants him destroyed. He has done no wrong, has not bitten anyone and is not even a dog as classified under the proscribed dogs in the Dangerous Dogs Act. Belfast the world is watching – I have recently seen adverts for people to visit Northern Ireland – do you think they will if you don’t show compasssion? If Lennox is not returned to his family or at least to a more understanding country then I, for one, will never visit and I will make sure that others know the story too. Please you can do a lot for your public relations – RELEASE LENNOX NOW PLEASE.
Why do you want to destroy this poor animal that has’nt done anything wrong. PLEASE PLEASE let him go to the US to live with Cesar Millan where he can enjoy the rest of his life. Please see sense before its to late for him xx
Dear Sweet Prudence, You dont honestly think I posted your insanity without taking a screenshot from your wall first.I knew as soon as I posted this you would delete it. And also your insane and offensive post to the Met police too. Secondly I addressed the first half of my comment to Ernest’s article and the misconceptions surrounding Lennox. Now I am not nor never have been Admin on any of the pages you mention. Pru or should I say Heather from Erith, you see I do my homework and have never been a Sectarian Bigot you stupid woman. Why I added you to this is simple really, I dont like to see your agenda being added and pushed to that of an innocent dog and your flights of fantasy of Paramilitary involvement.
Are you a wanabe stalker? Or just a NUT who goes around the internet accusing people? The Lennox dog has nothing to do with the Met Police and you do not know me from a hole in the wall ,YOU ARE A SECTARIAN BIGOT as your problem we can see seems to be nothing to do with the dog ,it appears that you have some sort of fixation mainly to do with the occult or Myself (WHO YOU DO NOT KNOW).Also you are simply PARROTING the incorrect tales of other people who A,Never met nor spoken to me in their entire lives.
B,Have no knowledge of who I am ,or ,am not related to.
Oh.and the item copied and pasted on to the Mets wall is and article written ,and accurately written by this very Journalist Ernest Dempsey .So FLANGE it seems you know very little OF SUBSTANCE indeed .And less so as you cannot tell us who this FANTASY Step person is ,and the reason for that is there is no such person !You have no screenshot of MY wall as MY WALL can be viewed only by me .
You are a sad old FLANGE with nothing else to do than seek out STRANGERS to spar with on the internet .
I also suggest that your problem with me IS SECTARIAN as you seem to be some sort of self appointed Witch Finder General You also say that I am a racist !LOL Go get a life instead of clinging to the shirt tails of other people.I of course do not know,and, don,t want to know, you .The only thing I know about you is that you are FLANGE from the rival Lennox FB pages . Good bye sad woman.
Do use a dictionary Pru!! Sectarianism is a narrow minded dogmatic view of life. I certainly dont have that. am not referring to the article. Ernest is a great writer, I am referring to your posts only. Oh dear Pru I can see them, I saved them all to my computer as Jpeg and will post them very very soon. I Pru I find your double standards extraordinary. You accuse me of this that and the other but I have seen ample posts from you accusing people of being in Paramilitary organisations. You do not know them but make the claim anyway. Surely if its fine for you each of us in the world can do it too. LMAO Where in the hell do you get the occult from. As to why I will post about you and reply, its quite simple. You have made some wild unfounded comments about people I care about.
Can I just add that it is not only Belfast where this law has to be repealed. It is law all over the UK. We, all of us who are Bull Breed owners are living under it and live with the knowledge that some idiot could seize our dogs and force them to live in same conditions until they are assessed as type or not type
The Dangerous Dogs Act must go, its killing 1000s of innocent dogs
COMMITTING THIS INJUSTICE TO THIS FAMILY & DOG IS HORRIFIC. WHAT WILL YOU SAY WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE GOD? WHEN THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING & LET THIS DOG BE SENT OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY BUT YOUR BULLISH ATTITUDES WOULD RATHER SEE THIS DOG DIE. YOUR REPUTATION ON THE WORLD FRONT WILL BE BLACKENED, IRREPARABLE. BELFAST, THE CITY IN NORTHERN IRELAND WHERE THERE IS NO JUSTICE, NO LEVEL MINDED GOVERNING BODY. A HELLHOLE..BOYCOTT THIS COUNTRY & CITY.ALL YOU PROVE IS YOUR BARBARIC. WHEN YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS A HELPING HAND IN THE FUTURE, WHERE WILL YOU GET A HELPING HAND? I FOR ONE WILL TURN AWAY AS MANY OTHERS WILL.
Belfast, do the right thing and allow Lennox to be re-homed in the United States. You have had plenty of wonderful offers by well-know dog handlers. The world is watching in disdain. Breed-specific legislature is unjust. Send Lennox to live a happy life in the United States.
This problem is caused by humans .The Dangerous Dogs Act has been an act of Parliment since 1991 ,since then it has been a criminal offence to BREED these dogs as well as own them .So the reason that these dogs get in trouble is because people decide to defy that piece of legislation and breed banned breeds regardless of the law ,these people know that the poor dogs they are “manufacturing” will at some point be taken away but they don’t care they continue to breed them regardless of the outcome for the dogs.
SOoooo…how about this solution??? DO NOT CONTINUE TO BREED THESE TYPE OF DOG.Until it is perfectly legal to do so .Then no dogs,or people, will get into any problem.We will not have to sit through any elongated ,heart rending public campaigns , nor would there be the continued conveyer belt murder of these dogs .The authorities should really spend their time and public monies on rounding up illegal breeders who are committing criminal offences in that they are defying the Dangerous Dog Act ,they should also licence all dog breeders and limit the amount of licences granted in order to limit the amount of unwanted dogs .
In reply to Pru Halliwell,
Hi, Whilst I agree that there are those in our society who indeed defy current legislation in breeding banned dog types.
This is not the case with the dog Lennox,who is in fact NOT a pit bull! However Lennox is currently incarcerated and awaiting destruction for having the APPEARANCE of a Pit Bull only.
This, despite evidence from well known experts in the canine field along with the request to provide DNA evidence which would beyond doubt show that Lennox is not a Pit Bull, which was disallowed by the Judge in sitting..
To my knowledge, Lennox is a Staffordshire Terrier (a legal breed) crossed with a Labrador (also a legal breed), neither breed would result in the production of a Pit Bull..
Regards
OK <let me explain something ,Lennox is deemed to be Pit Bull TYPE not an actual Pitbull .It is alleged by the owner that he is an American Bulldog /Labrador cross .In the case where type is cited DNA is not evidence because he is alleged to be type and not actually a Pitbull.HOWEVER ,Caroline Barnes went to court to answer charges in accordance with The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 ,SHE in Court entered a Guilty plea and SHE said in evidence that Lennox was a Pitbull type dog.Pit Bull type dogs ARE bred to LOOK LIKE Pit Bulls ,people do this purposely. Lennox has never been claimed to be a Staff .He would be far too large to be a Staff.Way too tall he is more hound like than terrier (Pitbulls were pure terrier bred for bating …yes thats right BULLS)But I know the geographical area where this has come from and where the Lennox owners live the illegal and deliberate breeding of this type is rife .Loyalist paramilitary organisations run the area,their business is to racketeer and prey on and use those who cannot stop them ,such as dogs,for money.These "humans" need stopping and the law needs changing also.
To cite Pitbull "type" the dog is measured ,with a tailors tape measure,which if it weren't so serious would be comical!That is how "Type"is defined.
As for the celeb experts ,their evidence was not submitted to the court by the owner and neither did she instruct them as expert witnesses.Which would make me ask what then did she spend the paypal donations on.
LENNOX IS NOT A PITBULL!NO WHERE IN THE WHOLE OF THE UK WILL YOU FIND AN ACTUAL PITBULL,what you will find are "synthetic" versions ie;Where a breeder will cross a large bully breed eg . an American Bulldog with a hound to create what will in vital statistics resemble a Pitbull.That is why I say all dog breeding should be licensed and strictly controlled as well as the fact that hundreds of dogs of every kind die every day because of iresponsible breeding ,by humans .To me,and I,ve always had dogs ,Lennox looks like a hound . don't like whats going on anymore than you do ,but the BCC are themselves extremely trucculant and contrary ,and likely to dig their heels in for the sake of it .If the owner had plead NOT guilty it would be different also ,if her partner Craig Winters had not interfered and threatened /abused the owners of the East Galway Animal Rescue centre when they offered to rehome Lennox then Lennox would now be living on the EGARs rescue facility now .THE PEOPLE WHO DO BREED THESE DOGS TO SIMPLY LINE THEIR OWN POCKETS NEED WATER BOARDING ! OR BETTER STILL BOG WASHING .and I would be first in the que to do it !
Hi Friends and animal lovers..
PLEASE do not give up on Lennox
I live in the Republic of Ireland and like others outside of NI, I feel helpless in this awful situation as well. Having said that I appeal to all who care to keep the fight for Lennox alive.
LENNOX now has friends and supporters worldwide and among his friends are kind people from The USA, Canada, Most of Europe and indeed even further afield.
The latest information here in Ireland is that there might be a last chance appeal against Belfast City Council today, If granted it would at least allow family members to see Lennox for the last time..
GOD bless each and every one of you out there, who care about this innocent animal and have shown great support.
Keep the faith..
Kind Regards
Tom
Referring to the letter of the 29th June I got from the queen, she writes: ” that as a constitutional Sovereign Her Majesty remains strictly non-political at all times and acts on the advice of her Ministers and, therefore, it is to them that your appeal should be addressed. Nevertheless, the Queen is interested to know your views”
What means, that there is a chance of her to help, if a minister or more would advice her to do so.
Is there any minister, who could act swift on Lennox favours and advice the Queen to interfere?
Sorry, the letter I wrote was about to ask the queen to interfere and help Lennox and his family.
the Queen has done nothing. another example of a completely useless waste of taxpayers money to support her. if she cant stand up for her subjects when they implore her then why the hell does she exist. hopeless. Get rid of them all
Dear Sirs/Madams:
We are an animal rescue located in Michigan, USA. If all other attempts fail to save Lennoxs’ life our rescue will adopt him. Please let him live. The eyes of the world are upon you-choose wisely.
Sincerely,
L David Farr, Director
Advocates For Animal Rights
advocatesforanimalrights.org (coming soon)
Lets face it, Northern Ireland, if you can blow up your own people without blinking an eyelid then you can do anything you like. The article got it right when is said that this is a lawless country. This is a dictatorship. They are nothing but a bunch of power weilding cruel bastards. I hope their tourism declines significantly after this
Thanks for finally writing about >Last hope for Lennox as owners admit defeat