Readers may remember the story of Lennox, the dog in Northren Ireland that was seized by the Belfast City Council (BCC) and put on
death row by a court because the judge felt that the dog “appeared dangerous” and could bite as it had teeth. Lennox has appeared in news again as dog trainer Victoria Stillwell was reportedly shocked over his health condition.
Since May 19, 2010, that is about two years ago, when Lennox was ripped from his owner Caroline Barnes’ home, the Belfast City Council has kept dodging the owner family in getting information about Lennox’s whereabouts or his health condition. A source close to the Barnes family told GHN, “Not once has any member of Belfast City Council accepted a phone call from the family.” The source went on to say that all this long ago stopped being about Lennox and is more about punishing the family for speaking out and daring to challenge the council and their almighty power.
Lennox’s health has been affected during his prolonged captivity. To the knowledge of the source mentioned here, the dog has lost considerable amounts of his coat since being taken and is on daily amounts of Amitriptyine for kennel stress. This in turn has made him grossly bloated. When an acquaintance saw him, she noticed he had a neck injury in the way he carried himself and broken and bleeding nail beds. We have no other information on Lennox health as time and again Belfast City Council have refused all requests for the family’s own vet to see him. We do not even know if he received his annual shots.
What is most apparent and decisively supporting for Lennox is the fact that despite captivity for two years and its abuse by the BCC, he has never bitten anyone. A cool, peaceful guy, he has remained peaceful, and independent experts have refuted the authorities’ allegations that he is a dangerous dog. Even a warden who once claimed to have been bitten by Lennox later admitted that it was a lie told in court under oath.
As the source from Britain told GHN, the next hearing is expected on 24th of May – with the Lord Chief Justice hearing the case after the last court verdict to uphold Lennox’s death penalty was appealed by the Barnes. The public has been very supportive of Lennox all along, not only from Belfast and Northern Ireland but from around the world.
When asked about whether media has done enough to cover the issue, the source answered, “Media don’t give a hoot. Lennox doesn’t fit in with our media hype of dangerous devil dogs and land sharks. He is innocent, so they can’t spin a story out of him.”
But on social media, there indeed are voices speaking for the release of this canine fellow who has been wrongfully seized, senselessly put on death row, and denied any justice by the Belfast City Authorities or judiciary.
While supporters of Lennox are writing to the Belfast City Lord Mayor to intervene, they hope the Lord Chief Justice hearing the case in May will put facts before the BCC’s on-record distortion of facts and release Lennox t his family after two horrible years of unwarranted captivity.
FREE LENNOX NOW BELFAST HE HAS SUFFERRED AT YOUR HANDS WAY TOO LONG. THIS IS ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ABUSE. HIS HEALTH IS DETERIATING EVERYDAY AND YOU ARE TOO BLAME . STILL HE BEHAVES LIKE A GENTLEMEN WHILE YOU ACT LIKE BARBARIANS.IF THIS BOY LENNOX DIES AT YOUR HANDS THE WORLD WILL BE EVEN MORE OUTRAGED THEN IT IS NOW.MY HEART BREAKS FOR LENNOX EVERYDAY HE IS HELD CAPTIVE …DO THE RIGHT THING SET HIM FREE TO LIVE OUT HIS GOLDEN YEARS IN PEACE:(
Lennoxs original vet should be able to see him.Lennox needs to go home, he has not bitten anyone anymore then my sara button has.I do not live in ireland but I am irish and I am so so ashamed for lennox or any other family pet being kept in inhumane ways and inhumanely taken care of.BCC grow up you made a mistake admit to it.I am a million miles away but my heart is with every animal taken from its family for no good reason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has went on far too long !!!!!!!!! You need to step up as human beings and return Lennox to his human sister and family. You know this will one day come back to bite you in the ass. It always has and always will, it’s just a matter of time!!!!!!!!!!!
This makes me embarrassed to be Irish. You people are despicable and should be ashamed of yourselves, Belfast City Council and authorities!
Please help release Lennox to his forever home and stop the Breedism against these innocent animals. I pray that he can at least be given the proper care and nutrition and that he gets the justice he deserves. Please help save Lennox’s live and send him home to his family <3
Time to let him go home before he dies of abuse and neglect at the hands of the BCC.
How can this council get away with such abuse They should be charged. How did the dog get injuries? Please let this poor boy go home. He is loved by his family.
i have had it with these people over there my gradma lives in cort Ireland and im going there for a vacation to see her before she passes away when i’m there going over to get Lennox from you sick lame people?? i dont care what happens to me i’m getting this dog even if over my DEAD body. I’m not a coward and trust me yes i’m crazy but in a good way listen i will get this INNOCENT dog not taking this lame ass shit no more this is so dumb you blow my mind away and it’s already gone so free this sweet dog who his loses his health because of you freaks your going to get even woorse punishment from me then this im coming to Ireland next month on the ???? so be ready and freee him Lennox i will not leave with out him we will gget him no matter what? so read between the lines and if your smarter then what your shwing then you will let him go home to his family where he belongs this is evil and mean and i knw im more evil to abusers then you can be so let him go
Maniac .
This is criminal behavior. Free this dog already, enough damage done.
GIVE THIS POOR PUP BACK TO HIS OWNERS, THIS IS ASHAME WHAT YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING TO THIS POOR DEFENSELESS ANIMAL.
Please, as humans, realize that this dog was wrongfully targeted and continually lied about. I am from the United States and have alot of Irish friends and I cannot believe that my friends are of the same Nationality as you. He has suffered enough and apparently been grossly abused while under your care. He is not a Pit Bull and has never been vicious with anyone. FREE LENNOX, PLEASE!
BCC is a bunch of corrupt, terrorists who have no backbone and are cowards. They choose an innocent dog to use as a power game of intimidation and harassment. They have no balls and they are animal abusing liars…
please come to some kind of deal with lennox owners, say u will release him if they sign that no more will be said on this tragic story to papers or the likes an just let him go home where he belongs to live out his live in happiness with those who love him this can be done under the cloak of darkness sign an go….. please let him go home …
PLEASE FREE LENNOX, HE HAS SUFFERED PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY UNDER YOUR
CARE.
BCC YOU SHOULD BE VERY ASHAMED AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO LENNOX.
HE NEEDS THE LOVE AND KINDNESS FROM HIS FAMILY.
This shameful behavior by the Belfast Counsel has GOT to stop! The longer you abuse and endanger this poor dog the more you will loose any sort of credibility you may have ever had with the international community! Poor Lennox has suffered enough for YOUR crimes! He has not ONCE harmed anybody, despite your efforts to make him do so. You must admit your lies and send Lennox home to his parents before it is too late!
Well Sabrais, that would be a feat of skill when nobody knows where Lennox is being kept. Ok, lets dispell some myths.
1) Lennox is innocent but he is in this situation because his owner did not socialise him for a pet, more as a status. Had he been socialised then he would be home by now.
2) Caroline barnes admitted in court that lennox was dangerous around strangers. The DDA in NI covers private places so the judge had no option in his decision.
3)Lennox has an ongoing skin condition that is being treated. Each treatment is logged with the families legal team so YES they know he is being treated.
4) The recent images of his skin condition are infact from an assessment by sarah fisher, working for the family. She had no issues with the condition as he had it previously and this was not mentioned in court.
5) The family have lied about how lennox was taken, they have forged a dog licence to lie to supporters, they have doctored pictures to tell an incorrect story.
6) Lennox had the chance of life in SI but the family refused to save his life rather they wanted him to collect tens of thousands of pounds in donations.
7) Long time supporters are leaving the family in droves because of the lies and threats some of which were seen and witnessed and screen grabbed off boycot belfast page. If you want to support criminals thats fine, but do not do it in the name of Lennox. We support lennox not the lies of the family.
Billie, here is what we know as true:
1. Lennox is nor never has been a status dog. Please explain how a family who also own a Yorkie can walk all 3 together could have a status dog. It defeats the logic. You are making assumptions. You do not know anything of Lennox pre seizure and are not able to comment
2. Caroline admitted Lennox was wary of Strangers. So is my dog, does not make him dangerous
3 Pictures of Lennox at home with Juicy show Skin condition completely under control BCC failed to keep it that way
4. Sarah Fisher in act did mention it, you have a judges summing up not a whole case transcript. Id advise asking someone who was actually in the court on thatday
5. So you claim Ive yet to see proof of this
6. So you claim Again Ive yet to see proof of this either
7 Again so you claim. Again no proof just fantastic claims.
Ange M I presume.
a)You have no proof that lennox was not a status dog. His agression toward strangers and his little cage pen in the families back yard indicates he was not a pet. Also the fact there are no family photos of him but there are of the other dogs indicates he was not safe around people full stop.
b) lennox is a prohibited breed, I assume yours is not. He therefore does not have the luxury of being wary around strangers, yes its a crap law and needs to be done away with, but it is the law.
c)There is one picture when he was at home in the yard and he is lying down, you can see nothing. If this was abuse why did sarah fisher not complain, I have read the report and she praises the BCC and the dog wardens for their care. Why has this so called abuse never been mentioned in court??
d) The licence they had was out of date by 9months. The forged licence was taken from the lennox support groups own photobucket account, along with others, when somebody did not password protect it. They sure cahnged that when we produced the lies they were telling. This proof is posted everywhere and if you are ange M then you have seen it because you and the SOL order your supporters to report every page it is on.
e) As above
f) As above. The image of the so called stalking BCC van. We have a copy of the original picture, it was taken from a car, thery werte stalking the BCC not visa versa. The holding pen with the sawdust that you all claim Lennox is being held in. It was a holdin pen for the families first expert to see him, madalin forsyth, who could not even get near him he was so aggessive, why did they not use her evidence in court? You see I have dozens of truth pages dotted everywhere with different names, such as boycott boycott belfast etc and all the pictures and proof are on them all so it is being seen by thousands and the support is pouring away from the family and aimed back towards Lennox
Billie Bennett and Ange M. Despite your accusations and cross accusations i would like to say that we are still dealing with an animal here and this is a very cruel situation which has gone on for 2 years, this in itself is indefensible. I like other supporters do not know the full truth but we do know that this animal deserves a fair hearing and fair treatment, this should have been dealt with efficiently. No animal should be kept for 2 years in this situation. The eyes of the World are on BCC and a sensible solution is not impossible to secure
Karen I have been solidly behind Lennox for 2 yrs. What BCC have done to Lennox is nothing short of disgusting and for anyone to try and justify it is deplorable. Lennox should have been home along time ago when Exemption became law in July last yr but BCC then changed the goal posts from Lennox being type to Lennox being dangerous to be allowed home. Two bites of the same cherry should never have been allowed
Karen, you are correct this has gone on for to long. The courts are extremely slow and with the appeals and further appeals it has been a long drawn out situation. This has been said again and again, the BCC have no say in the case now. Once it was put before a court the BCC has no more choice in the fate of lennox than you and I. Even if the BCC decided that Lennox should go to SI and be safe they could not make it happen, only the courts can decide his fate now. The discussions around what is true and what are lies will have no influence on the courts decision so despite Ange M and Co claiming we are endangering the life of lennox, we are not. We simply want the campaign for Lennox and and end to BSL to be run legit and honest but in order for that to happen the lies need to be exposed.
Billie, please go away..No one is interested in your Anti Lennox dribble. You troll on the pages, have to be banned .
So because we have a difference of views I need to be banned? So what happened to freedom of speech. Is that not what my dad fought for in the war, freedom of speech? If you do not agree with me thats fine but by suppressing other peoples views that makes you a facist/dictator? I do hope that you have a more open mind than that.
Again Billie you make assumptions, I have seen plenty of pics with Lennox Juicy & George. Now as to why there are no pics posted, I suspect its the same reason there are very few pics posted of my kids as youngsters, I dont want them in the wrong hands and sadly its all too easy
B. An American Bulldog is NOT a prohibited breed and is not on any banned breed list. Never has been. You are confusing breed with type. A common mistake. As for the rest of you great conspiracy its just that a great conspiracy. You see this has always been about Lennox and his family. You forget they come as a package. You wouldnt have heard of Lennox had they not decided to make the stand they did against Belfast City Council. Im quite sure your energies would be better served fighting BSL instead of chasing ghosts and making unfounded allegations against people you dont know from a hole in the ground, because you certainly dont know me nor Caroline & her Family
Ange, a mistake in semantics, Lennox is a prohibited TYPE you are correct. However, your claim that there are no images of lennox and the child posted to protect the child is laughable considering that the family have used images of the child in the national papers, of her in a hospital bed with a non-working nebuliser( They mist up when in use, hers was not in use)The family have used their child as a media stunt. The reason there are no pictures posted is because there are non, its that simple, except of course the one where craig very badly photoshopped lennox in the house very amaturist. I will also disagree that lennox and his family come as a package. You see we support Lennox and his right to live away from Craig, we do not support craigs right to lie, abuse, forge and threaten people with terrorist paramilitary threats. If you wish to support him in that then thats your affair and people will judge you on it accordingly. So many long time supporters are leaving the ranks as you are aware ange and they are now just supporting Lennox, which is how it should be. Supporting terrorist paramilitary threats, in my opinion, is just wrong, there is no grey area in it, it is wrong and for that alone we will not support the family.
Well said!!!
Billie….You seem to have done your homework..either that or you are involved in the case directly…unfortunately, Lennox does not deserve any of this, being wary of strangers is not breed specific, my dog, a Springer is also wary and would protect me from strangers, which is everything i would expect from her..In the home, she is the perfect dog, loves everyone, especially children. Lennox, at home is the same… If my dog, ” The Springer” snarled or snapped at someone, no one would really bother, they would just back off..but if she was a Staff or Pit Bull type, she would be reported, how is this right?
Wotever your thoughts are, the evidence is there for all to see…..Filthy conditions,sawdust for his bed and scabs and sores all over his body. Open sores and sawdust are not a good combination, it is not rocket science to know that the two don`t go together..
Apparently, BCC are supposed to be experts, ” let`s face it, they could tell by just looking at Lennox, that he was a danger to the society”..Why can`t they see by just looking at him, that his condition has deteriorated in their care????..
Victoria Stilwell, is know around the world, she has studied Lennox`s case and spoken out in support of him, I hardly think she would put her reputation on the line, for the family of Lennox, if the family have lied, as your implying..
Lennox needs to go home, after what he has been thru, he needs his loving family…none of this is his fault, just the way he looks…
Sue, sorry for the delay in replying to your post. Firstly let me agree with you, No dog deserves to be in this situation, this proves exactly why BSL does not work, dogs end up as victims. Lennox being wary of strangers would normally not be an issue, however this law does means that any prohibited dog needs to be failproof and caroline herself said in court she would not allow the dog near a child that it did not know? What if a kiddy climbed the gate to retrieve a ball? Yes any dog could attack, but unfortunatly the Lennox is caught up in the law. As for the pen with sawdust, Well the core support team and the family know this was a holding pen while lennox was being assessed by his first assessor madeline forsyth. You will not see her report however because she could not get near lennox as he was to agressive and she said so but craig decided not to use her work. Maybe its coincedence that the next 2 assessments happened after lennox was put on amytriptoline which is a mood stabalising medication. In fact its now well known that the family and the core supporters have seen photographs of lennox being looked after and they refused to post these in case support dropped off. You should alsomknow that the family are told via their legal team about each and evry time lennox sees the vet, so they know his reoccuring skin condition is nunder control. As for victoria stillwell, well its quite bizzare that she would even comment on an assessment when she has not even met the dog, but I do not see her commenting about him now? I also wonder if she knew about the lies and paramilitary threats by craig wether she would withdraw support, it seems like the MPs that were on boycot belfast have. But Sue, I am not here to change people minds, I answer posts aimed at me or will try and explain why something is wrong when it is said. Nothing we say will change the courts decision, but more and more long term supporters are seeing the truth, which is why so much more info has been coming out in the last few weeks, But yes I also have done a lot of research/homework.
Long time supporters are NOT leaving Lennox’s family without moral support. In fact, more people are jumping on this train everyday. I can only assume that you could be the lying dog warden who has done all in her slimey power to murder an innocent as you have shown up on many pages with the same unproven claims over and over. Just saying something DOES NOT make it so, I tried making the evil powers in Belfast go away like that and it didn’t work at all. The fact is that Belfast has made themselves look like soulless murderous monsters on a WORLD STAGE in this matter. The citizens there wo allow this garbage aren’t looking very good either. STAND UP, Belfast and tell them NO MORE!! Do you ever wonder why Belfast has always been under a dark cloud? Maybe it’s the bad karma that rolls off down hill? FREE LENNOX!!!
Mrs Mills, for a start I am not “the dog warden” in fact I am not in Ireland although I have visited belfast and have enjoyed my visits greatly. However, with respect I think its a rather arrogant statement to claim Long time supporters are not removing support for the family, do you know them all? I however know of a good many that have removed support from the family and ange M also knows this is true. Do you have proof that the dog warden lied? Why was this purjury claim not mentioned in court? I also wonder how many people are ignoring the fact that it was the defences own inability to satisfy the judge that Lennox was not a danger. I do not know if Lennox is a danger or not but obviously the judges felt he was. As for just saying things without proof, we have proven each and every statement we have made. We have shown unquestionable proof of the lies, deceit, threats and forgeries offered out by craig and Co. It matters not if you believe these, you, as well as I, am entitled to believe what we will without being abused or threatened.
For someone who claims to have no personal stake in this (far away) matter, you use the word WE a lot. Thou doth protest too much? Maybe you should give a little more thought to your own telling words…
Mrs Mills, The term We is used to describe the growing number of people that have been branded haters because we will not support the family with their lies. It would be arrogance extreme to take the credit for discovering all of the lies told, google is a big place and we do have to work. WE is also used as a term of solidarity against the threats and abuse that WE have received from craig and the inner sanctum of the support groups. In having no personal stake in Lennox, well that could be said of yourself and many others but does that stop you standing for what you believe? then why should it be different for me. Please allow me to be frank, my interest in Lennox came about from looking at something different, which led me towards the Lennox case. When asking polite questions about inconsistencies with the “official” version of things I was jumped on and verbally abused, called a hater, anti lennox, pro bsl and a troll. So I took great offence and decided to do some digging and guess what, the more I dug the more I uncovered lies and deceit. It was only natural that I gravitated towards those that also been abused and I then became WE and the WE is growing exponetially.
You might look deep into your soul and ask yourself what it is inside you that is so very vested in killing an innocent and perfectly legal dog. Maybe THAT should be your focus instead of trying so very hard to bring death to another?
Billie fails to mention, consistently, that ‘she’ is on many small troll pages with the dog warden and also (in one of her other ids definitely) had the dog warden on her friends list.. after all this isnt your primary id is it Billie?
It would appear someone wasn’t out doing ther job catching stray animals today. Perhaps “Billie” might like to share what his idea of Shelter Standards of Care are and what training is provided to his coworkers.
I hope this makes a difference to the people who have the CONTROL to release this poor dog.
1. May I mention that people have teeth and yes we can bite, So PLease start locking up all the people that have ever bitten any one, in play and or anger.. AND plese do not forget the little children who have bitten their sibblings.. they are on You Tube.. quite funny in fact.
2. This is the cruelest form of animal abuse I have ever witnessed..
3. This is also the cruelest form of Bullying there is possibly known to the human race.
4. Your power has been taken to another level and now is abusive.. in animal form and in human form..
Pull your head out of your ass and stop being a bully and let the poor go back to his family to finish his last few years of life.. Oh by the way when you are old and ppl have found out you had the power to help but bullied instead.. you will be abused, left in your own feces to rot.. People who love animals will not take very good care of you.. Karma is a bitch.. and she always gets even.
This is inhumane, Lennox deserves to be back with his family. I cannot believe this has gone on this long. Where is the justice?
Lennox is a sweet and loyal dog, he should be sent home to his family where he belongs! SEND LENNOX BACK HOME TO HIS FAMILY A LIVE AND WELL! HE HAS BEEN IN CAPTIVITY FOR 2 YEARS AND HE HAS NOT BEEN AN AGGRESSIVE DOG EVEN UNDER THE STRESS OF A KENNEL AND THUS PROVES HE IS NOT AN AGGRESSIVE DOG BUT A CALM AND IN CONTROL DOG. THIS DOG IS BEING TREATED AS IF HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING IN THIS PRISON WHEN IN FACT HE MISSES HIS FAMILY AND IS INNOCENT OF ANY CRIME AND IS BEING TREATED WITH CRUELTY!!! SEND LENNOX HOME UNHARMED!!!! DO THE RIGHT THING SEND THIS INNOCENT BACK HOME TO HIS FAMILY AND LET THIS END IN PEACE AND GOODNESS.!!!!
FREE LENNOX! This dog has done nothing wrong except for being dog. Let him go back home to his family where he belongs – he isn’t doing anything to hurt anyone – Belfast Council is hurting all – Lennox, his family & his supporters. This has turned into an international plea for help for this poor animal maybe it is time for the Mayor to do something about it & do the right thing.
Unconditional love…thats what dogs give and no doubt poor Lennox will show that love to his ‘jailers’ in anticipation of being free to see his family again.
I have followed Lennox’s plight since the beginning and cannot believe this is still going on after 2 years. His poor family must be going through Hell every day.
One day there will be a book and even a movie all about Lennox….and then the authorities responsible for this awful ‘crime’ will regret their actions!
STAY STRONG LENNOX……YOUR TIME WILL COME AND YOU MUST BE FREE AGAIN! x
How can you possibly justify taking an animal from a loving home where he was well cared by his owner, a qualified veterinary nurse, and reducing him to this in the name of public safety. The appalling actions of Belfast City Council throughout this whole unfortunate episode need to be critically examined as soon as possible.Not one of their so called experts were qualified to judge poor Lennox. The latest photos of his condition would indicate that the dog is seriously distressed and so surely no judgement on his behaviour could be valid in those circumstances. This dog who has been locked away for two years now needs to be allowed to go home to his family as a matter of urgency where he can get the love and care he urgently needs and so richly deserves.
Mark, the “latest” photos of his condition are over a year old and had their been any abuse, the woman holding the lead, besides the DG is sarah fisher the families own expert who openly praised the care being given to Lennox. Also this skin condition is an ongoing condition that he had prior to the BCC taking him. The claim that caroline is a qualified vets nurse is also unproven, but the maths do not add up with that claim. A 35yr old womn 15yrs as a vet nurse, several yrs in a bank, she must have become a nurse when she was about 12 then. I am not sure if you realise but there are NO qualifacations available to ID type, that is based on experience. My belief is that over 20yrs identifying TYPE dogs is qualification enough. However, I do partially agree with your statement in that 2yrs in kennels is wrong and that Lennox should be freed, but not back to the family, where I believe he will end up again shained in a yard or outside in his mesh cage. Send the dog to a rescue in SI where it can be a dog, not muzzled and untrained and unsocialised, but loved, trained and happy.
Belfast City Authorities are a DISGRACE! Injustice at its best. I hope for God’s sake and Lennox that Lord Chief Justice will have honor and heart to see the ridiculousness and cruelty done to Lennox and release him to his family on May 24th. May Lennox be in God’s hands. Prayers for YOU baby!!
BILLIE BENNET, LARISA SCHARIKIN, HAPPENS TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE AND I OBJECT TO YOU CALLING HER A FASCIST/DICTATOR…SHE SPENDS EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK FIGHTING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF…THOUSANDS…OF SHELTER ANIMALS…SHE HAS RESCUED ..THOUSANDS MORE…DON’T YOU DARE CALL HER A FASCIST/DICTATOR…YOU MENTIOON ..FREEDOM OF SPEECH…WELL LARISA HAS FREEDOM OF SPEECH ALSO…..IF YOU WANT TO CALL ANYONE A FASCIST/DICTATOR..CALL BELFAST CITY COUNCIL…ONE…AND YOURSELF OF COURSE…..AND…I….AM ASHAMED TO BE IRISH..
Eleish, I seem to recal that it was your friend that wanted me banned and called me a troll because I have differing views to herself. The very act of trying to stop another persons view is that of a facist/dictator, look up the terminolgy. Had she suggested that we agree to disagree and that although we view things differently we both have a right to our beliefs then I would not have felt the need to draw similarities to dictatorship. If you look at all of my posts I have been polite and respectful. I have not been abusive but have put my arguaments clearly and precisely. Your friend started with the abusive post and the suggestions to “ban me” for having a different view than her, what would you call that but a fascist attitude. Freedom of speech goes for all, but your friend obviously does not think I have that right.
This is NOT the forum to carry on a running dialog with each person who posts. If you have any hope of trying to sway people to your side, name-calling and arguing are not the ways to do it. I suggest that you start your own page so that people who mistakenly believe as you do can agree with you and tell you how wonderful you are. Those of us who support Lennox and his family will stay here and continue our fight to free Lennox. I choose not to ban you, only to ignore you.
Yolanda, My apologies if it appears that I am running a dialog with people, In my eyes I am answering points made. You will also see that I have appologised for my comment to one of your users. If you wish a one sided debate then please say so and I will remove myself. I am not here to sway people to believe me I am simply trying to correct missinformation
Yolanda is not a member of our staff and does not have the authority to tell anyone they cannot comment here. Those feelings are her opinion not official recommendations from the JHM staff. Debate is welcome on our page as long as it remains civil between commentators.
You don’t have the “right” to freedom of speech on a page that supports Lennox and his family. You do have the right to make your own page and post your differences of opinion there. The butts of all trolls and those that do not support Lennox and family will be banned.
Tamara please see the comment from samantha torrence JHM staff regarding who has the right to ban people. Thankyou
Blah, blah, blah..PLEASE no one wants to hear your ill informed opinion. Go someplace where people actually care about what YOU think Billie..Thanks…
Larisa, you are under the illusion that I am ill informed. However, the reason I am able to provide evidence for my statements and the reason why I will not let the lies about Lennox condition and the lies spouted by the family is because I am very well informed. It is very easy to find all of this information on the internet, the family are not that clever enough to be able to disable google cache pages, nothing that is put on the internet ever goes, it is just a case of knowing where to look. I also would have thought that knowing the truth would be important so that any fight against BSL in the future can be fought with transparency and honesty. If you wish not to read my replies then nobody is making you, simply ignore them, but where lies are told somebody will be there to tell the truth.
Please let Lennox go home. This is senseless cruelty. Is there a decision-maker out there with a brain and a heart?
woah theres some nasty stuff being said on here obviously by people who work for or are in contact with belfastcc dogwardens…those pictures yes,are from last july,lennox is clearly not being treated for his skin condition as if he were he would not look like that,he is also petrified of the dogwarden,the same dog warden might i add that said she was so afraid of him she couldn’t work with him…what a joke and she should be nowhere near him..look how he is being man handled by her pulling the rope,yes rope,tight and treading on it on the floor…what the hell is that round his neck?wonder what that is covering up??she clearly should not be in the job she is and should be bloody ashamed of herself for her lies… anyone can see lennox is so afraid of her,or cant you read body language???the ones who,and its only a few,slagging lennox and his family off should be bloody ashamed its dispicable…. the only liars here and perjured themselves in court are the dogwarden and the ex policedog handler,he openly admitted in other court cases how he abuses dogs if they dont do what he says,by kicking them punching them etc..cant go on too upsetting…all this for money..just disgusting.when lennox is free and,he will be,the world will sue the pants off belfastcc……
I have to chortle at the dramatics, so is this candy by any chance? Ok you agree now that the images were taken last year from sarah fishers assessment. If this skin condition was not being treated why did the families own expert not complain? why did she praise the kennels and the dog warden on their care of lennox and why was this so called abuse not mentioned in court? As these pictures are a year old how do you know what condition he is in now? Maybe you should ask the family to show you the vets records because the council are under legal requirements to inform the families legal team of any vet action.As for lennox being scared, if that is the case then it was the same for sarah fisher because his body language is the same for her, yes WE have the stills to prove it as well. IF you look real close at whats around his neck, go on zoom in, you will see he has a flat collar, probably one that he wears in his kennel, a collar that I would assume was put on for the lead but also the white rope collar that Sarah obviously wanted on him so she was not to close to him perhaps. Your other statement is so funny I am actually besides my self, “admitted in court he abuses dogs” So would a judge just go “OK then thats fine keep up the good work” Please get real, if you admit any crime in court you are arrested and I have seen nothing about that on the court papers. I do agree that this is about money though, especially when you consider how much donated money has been collected for “legal representation” “to buy treats for lennox” ” or to “sue the BCC” And yes we do have screen shots where this money has been asked for.
Most career dog catchers should not be in the job. They are far from “expert” except in cruelty.
The Belfast City Council and the Judge in this case have made a mockery of justice. The witness who said he was bitten by Lennox later said he had lied, but no one cared. The witness who testified as to the personality of Lennox was not a professional, but the Judge took his word over professionals who evaluated Lennox. This case started two years ago and has now focused international attention on the plight of a dog who has been wronged in so many ways. If the Belfast City Council wishes to save face, all it would have to do is stop this inane matter now. However, judging by the past actions of the BCC and the court, this is more than unlikely. May the wisdom of Solomon abide with the Lord Chief Justice who will hear this case next.
billie bennet, my request is a simple one, either prove what you are saying is true or forever hold your peace. Thankyou
Tracy, which part would you like me to prove. I have screen shots, FB and google links to everything. How would you like me to produce it. The Screen shots will need to be seen on FB, the Google links regarding donations etc i can post here. Do let me know
FB screen captures DO NOT have to be shared on FB in order to be seen.
Then please tell me how to show them elsewhere. Email and add as an attatchment I know about but anyother way is new to me.
All I ask is why are you trying so hard to prove Lennox is a bad dog?????
Since I cannot reply to a reply I decided to post the reply here along with the post I am replying to:
original Post:So because we have a difference of views I need to be banned? So what happened to freedom of speech. Is that not what my dad fought for in the war, freedom of speech? If you do not agree with me thats fine but by suppressing other peoples views that makes you a facist/dictator? I do hope that you have a more open mind than that.
My reply to dear Billie:
Billie, your dad fought in the war..well my whole family was taken into Nazi (Fascist) Slave Labor Camps..so if you need a definition of Fascist I suggest you look it up before throwing out words and accusations.I have seen your posts and all you do is spew the same rhetoric. PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. LETS START WITH THE FACT THAT LENNOX IS NOT A PIT BULL..HE IS A BULLDOG/LAB MIX.THERE IS NO LAW ABOUT NOT BEING ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF DOG. SO, BILLIE, IF YOU CAN’T EVEN START OFF WITH THE FACTS..TELL ME WHY I SHOULD EVEN CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS CASE AS FACT OR KNOWLEDGEABLE. GET A JOB!And my Grandfather rwas arrested during another Dictators reign of terror, Stalin. They took him in the middle of the night and the family never heard of him again..THAT Billie is what happens when Fascists and Communist dictators reign. I would venture to say from your tone ..YOU FIT THE BILL YOURSELF.
Larisa, my apologies if my retort was insensitive, it was not aimed that way. Lennox may well be a xbreed between a lab and Abd but under the BSL he measures up as TYPE. A type dog does not require any pitbull in it to be classed as TYPE. If a dog has sufficient characteristics as defined by the ADBA standards then it is legally classed as prohibited. The law is stupid, I agree. A pure staffy or even a pure lab could measure up under these standards, but it can be argued they would be substantially a staff or lab. Lennox is not substantially either part of his BREED hence he falls victim of BSL. My argument is not wether lennox should be freed, (I think he should be freed to southern Ireland away from craig winters) but more about the miss information being given to supporters and the way supporters are treated if they ask questions. Take for example the images that have been posted with his skin condition. Supporters are rightly worried and concerned, because they care about the dog. The support team have specifically posted these knowing this and have allowed people to get upset and angry. The truth behind these images are that they were taken off a video of sarah fishers assessment. Sarah showed no concern about abuse, infact she commended the kennels and the dog warden for the care they were taking of lennox. There was no abuse mentioned in court, now if I knew my dog was in a state I would play merry hell when it went to court. The family know about this ongoing condition, he had it when he lived at home and it is seasonal. The families legal team are told each time the vet sees lennox and are kept told of his treatment. But are you told all this? NO It is a deliberate ploy to keep you all fired up and angry, but what it actually does is make a lot of people ill with worry and that is wrong. So I will not stand by and allow them to lie.
This Billie Bennet, maybe she should trade places with Lennox and see how she feels.
Wow ! If she’s Irish, I am ASHAMED of that 1/2 of my Family !!!
Steve, please tell me why wanting lennox to live safely in SI away from the owners that did not train or socialise him, or why wanting the truth so that supporters are not made ill with worry is so wrong. We teach our children whats right from wrong, we teach them not to lie and we try and teach them compassion. Why should I go against that and support the family in teir lies?
FREE LENNOX PLEASE HE NEEDS HIS FAMILY .U GUYS CAN GO HOME TO YOUR FAMILY AND BE LOVED (WHY?) SHOULD U BE ,I THINK THIS IS BAD IN WHAT U BSL IS DOING TO LENNOX .I BET YOUR BITE IS BIGGER THAN HIS . HE IS A GOOD BOY FREE HIM FREE LENNOX .BSL U ARE NOT BEING NICE TO LENNOX . HIS FAMILY NEEDS HIM
GOD HELP LENNOX PLEASE DONT LET HIM DIE IN THE HANDS OF BSL .THEY ARE NOT NICE..
Bille, allow me to make a suggestion. Since this article and the many sites you toll on deal with helping Lennox and his family I suggest you start your own page and write your own article and take as much time as you wish to expound your views. What I find repugnant is you choose these sites and article to come on and cause problems. If you cannot understand how annoying and obnoxious that is then you need a lesson in civility. You sound like a BCC staffer..Write your own article and leave those of us who support Lennox and his family in peace.This article is about Lennox..and getting him free. Your comments are not helping but rather hurting this goal. Just start your own page ..please..Or do you not have enough supporters?
Ha! You tell ‘em Larisa!
Larisa, I do believe the staff of this forum have already suggested that as long as debate is civil I am as welcome to have my say as anyone else. The reason why, as you say, I chose these sites is because much of the information being stated is factually incorrect. Now I have said this numerous times, I am not against Lennox and I would most certainly love him to be rehomed to a rescue and therefore be rehabilitated. And contrary to popular belief I am against any form of breedism. But I can not stand by and allow people to be vilified when I know it is unfounded. I will also not stand by and watch while supporters are lied to and manipulated because while there is BSL we need to be able to fight it honestly and with precision, not with lies and intimidation. I speak on a daily basis to long time supporters of Lennox who have removed their support from the family, but they are afraid of the verbal abuse they recieve when they speak out about the lies the family have told, so with all due respect Larisa I am in some small way trying to be their voice as well. I have no interest in trying to change peoples views but I owe it to myself, my friends and those supporters that have just left to stand up for the truth. If you do not like reading the truth, then please ignore my posts, reading is not compusery.
If you had a dog that you love like family and he was taken from you for no reason, wouldnt you say whatever you had to say to get him back????? Lennox needs his family. Whether they lied or not, they are the family that he knows and loves. If someone took my pet, believe me I would say and do whatever I had to, to get him back. Yes, I would even lie. Doesnt make someone a bad person, just desperate for their pet. Especially if they were threatened like Lennox has been.
Bille, the point is that your posts continue to detract from the following point:she that BCC has been abusive and has done wrong to the dog..it is that simple and we can discuss the issues about the family all we want. Lets focus on what the article is talking about and what we all have been saying..It is simple..BCC has been abusive and has done wrong to the dog..If we splinter off into various groups which dissect this simple statement then we achieve nothing. I for one want Lennox OUT of there.
Larissa, I concur, I would love Lennox out of Kennels and into a recuse away from NI. However, I disagree that the BCC have been abusive to lennox. Firstly it is my understanding that the BCC have no kennels themselves, therefore have to contract housing to private Kennels. (I am not 100% on this but it is a standard practice in the UK) These kennels will obviously have to be registered and vet and h+s checked on a regular basis in order for them to retain their licence. I know of UK kennels that have had their licences revoked for poor pracice and lost contracts for housing. But that aside I am assuming you are referring to the images of Lennox and his skin condition. Ok This is an on going condition that he had before he was taken. There are numerous accounts of this on google including statements from caroline herself saying he suffers from hair loss. Secondly, these were taken from sarah fishers own assessment and she raised no concerns over the skin condition because it was being treated. In fact just to assure myself I re-read the court ruling on line and there is no mention about the skin condition, although she does mention the possible neck problem, but again no claims of abuse. In fact on sarah assessment and on the court ruling they praise the work done by the dog warden and the care Lennox is getting in the kennels. It is also a legal requirement that the council inform the family, via their legal team, on each treatment Lennox recieves. Now I can see why you may assume I am connected to the BCC, but I assure you this is not the case. The reason why I am trying to show that Lennox is not being abused is that several people have made themselves quite ill with worry over this image and the image of him in a holding pen with sawdust and that is unfair on these supporters because they are worrying without need. The reality is that the only people that know how lennox is are the kennel staff, the wardens and the vets, but these images are giving a false view and by claiming he is getting no treatment and is being abused when those saying it have no idea where he is, is also wrong and is causing unneccesary stress for many supporters.
So finally Billie you admit you have only read the Judges summation NOT Sarahs report. If you had read Sarah’s whole report you would know that YES she does mention Lennox’ skin condition also his neck & is nail beds. Id suggest asking her or reading the statement she made on Victoria Stillwells site.
Sarah only mentions that Lennox is getting appropriate drug treatment for his kennel stress, a drug which is also a painkiller which would have helped ease the pain he was in in his prior assessment and possibly an injury that was caused by the BCC council experts assessment (which nobody appears to have any video recording of, which i find very disturbing) I’m with Ange here, you need to read the actual statement not the interpretation which suits your agenda Billie
for the record people are very worried about Lennox, have been since he was taken.. have been for TWO years! Trying to suggest they are only concerned, worried, stressed and upset by the photos is downplaying the TWO year horror created by a Council and its staff !
Lennox should be out….Period….it has been way too long and you can’t tell me he is doing well sitting in a kennel.
Larisa, long term kenneling is no good for any dog, but some do better than others in kennels and some kennels are better than others. No one can say with certainty, bar those looking after him how he is doing. Its a crap law and its been around for over 20yrs and does not work and each and every day type dogs are killed because of it. This is why I am so against campaigns being run in this way. I want an end to BSL so other dogs do not have the same problems Lennox has. Sometimes its not the dogs but the owners. Liverpool for example take into account the owners record, children in the house, even the neighbours and they will kill your dog if they can. The law does not allow for rehoming or training or anything if the owners are crap. The only way to stop BSL is a change in the law and that may only happen with clear, precise and honest debate.
http://greenheritagenews.com/london-woman-says-belfast-city-council-terrorizing-her/
The treatment of Lennox is appalling and the WORLD KNOWS IT!
Billie, you are not in Ireland, I wonder how you have all of this conclusive information. How do you know how things are set up for Lennox. Have you seen him or are you just believing what BCC spews? Giving the track record of BCC and the fact that they continue this outrages behavior I would say they have very little credibility in my eyes, and so does anyone who bothers to defend them. My question is what is the real agenda?
Believe as you wish, it does not effect my belief, based on the court ruling and sarah fisher own statement, that lennox is being looked after and is not being abused. Obviously you know that by believing that lennox is suffering abuse you are saying you disbelieve Sarah Fisher, the families own expert and logically therefore you must call into question her very statement that lennox is a nice dog. This is a case of not having your cake and eating it, either Sarah is correct and lennox is a nice dog and being looked after by the council or sarah is wrong and lennox is suffering abuse and lennox is dangerous, can not have it both ways??
Billi comment on this article……
http://ctechwebhosting.co.uk/savelennox/wordpress/jim-crosby-weighs-in-on-lennox/
Larisa, as jim has not seen the dog or handled the dog then it is highly unproffesional for him to comment on the dogs behaviour. I am only working on the facts of the case and the experts used in the case, in this instant Sarah Fisher. Would you do me the courtousy of commenting on my statement above regarding Sarahs statement that Lenenox is being cared for. As I have shown quite logically from the above statement, you can not just pick out the bits that suit your beliefs. Either Sarah is correct and lennox is a safe dog AND being looked after well OR lennox is being abused and he is a DANGEROUS dog?? The logic of this can not be argued. Did sarah fisher lie or tell the truth.
BILLY BENNETT you really are a little old woman your incessant gossip would irritate anyone and why do you think that you know so much or should place yourself as a spokes person in this case you sound like a typical lil old nosey parker!!! LOL at you BILLY you clearly live in Belfast but you think that the BCC arent stark staring mad????Well I my self have been on the receiving end of their particular brand of insanity and that is how I actually came across this cruel tale. And having had first hand experience of the outlandish,corrupt,lying BCC I am much inclined to beleive that they will do any thing to people for their own perverse entertainment including lying in courts lying by ommission victimising the public,whether that pudlic have 4 legs or 2,coming to another jurisdiction ,lying to courts in that place and theft ,in fact their repitoire is ever expanding.
Also I might say that I dont think writing to Niall Odonigale(BCC Mayor) will do the slightest bit of good as when I was sent all the BCC councillors bank account numbers and NI numbers etc I called his offices the next day and spoke with more than one of his staff but to no avail and as in the list I received was the mayors own personal details I would have thought he might have taken immediate action ,but he didnt ,so people dont hold your breath waiting for help from him.
I also pointed out in court against BCC on 27 March 2012 the activities of BCC towards me and that they had carried out the same type of things towards Lenox family on facebook and else where and the Judge (Justice Sales noted what was said and made clear to the BCCs barrister and myself that he was noting this .
Pru, no disrespect to you but I have read some of the statements you have made all over facebook and to be honest I am confused as to what you are going on about. My understanding is that you were accidently given personal details you should not have had and you refused to give them back, so you were ordered to give them back, whats the Issue. anyway, as I really can not understand where your statements are going I will say goodnight to you.
I am in shock, this dog is serving a human sentance, what the heck are these people playing at, put on death row.. what the hell is wrong with you, this dog has not raped, beaten or murdered anyone nor has he ever biten or ever shown signs of biting, the man who ordered this has no clue what so ever about this dogs breed, they are the most loving loyal dogs a person could wish for, you sick ones put him on death row…death **** row..whats the wait for..are you waiting for him to confess..sick bastards let him go!!!!
Please send Lennox home!!! He hasn’t harmed a soul even with the pain he is in in his cruel cage!!! He is a gentle dog, a legal dog, a therapy dog. Please show some humanity, some empathy, some human kindness!!! Please return Lennox to his family!!! He belongs with them & they need him!!! Lennox has suffered at his captors hands yet he shows the gentleness, the kindness, the patience & the love of a saint!! God made a blessed dog when He created Lennox. Please show the world that Ireland respects God’s creatures & send Lennox home!!!
I must add, I have an 8 yr old heeler mix (mixed with australian shepherd) who is constantly being confused as a pit/rott mix. So just how a dog “looks” is really a stupid way of judging a dog. Mine is confused so often as in my area folks don’t know about heelers. BSL is totally wrong. How a dog “looks” is all wrong to judge a dog. Heelers are very much “velcro dogs” & very protective of their bonded person & that person’s home. I guess if I was in Ireland, I would have to fear for my dog’s safety. Please let Lennox go home.
Billie Billie Billie. The font of all knowledge… i say that with sarcasm if you failed to notice, just like you fail to notice many “facts” regarding the Lennox case. You and your troll clan are being laughed at, your constant reports of the same stories are boring people now. There are many photographs online showing Lennox playing and enjoying his freedom with Juicy ….”not a metal pen enclosure in sight” theres also a video of Lennox on youtube showing him just after being bathed an reacting correctly to Carolines commands, so yes Lennox is trained! Both the photos and the video show Lennox in fantastic condition not a scab nor bald patch or injury to be seen.
So you also choose to point out that you believe Brooke is used as a publicity stunt… how very low of you as you have NO knowledge of Brookes medical condition apart from the small amount of info that you have read which does not show her medical reports, you have summed up that alone in your head along with many other stories that you have eloborated on … with your assumption. Now every point you make is laughable due to your poor research and “source” of information being nameless, this leads the supporters to believe that you are obvs involved with the Anti Bsl or worse still the employees from within the bcc. I Do find it interesting that you want Lennox to be given a safe passage to SI, hmmm i wonder why this is because lets be very honest if you had to rehome your dog anywhere and you had a choice of a top behaviourist who can offer lennox a wonderful life or a little rescue centre that will be full to bursting an relies on funding and donations from the public then where would you put your dog… ah and then the penny dropped who you really are Billie … i do hope others work it out too!!! Now i suggest that you go and do your homework once again because your theories are incorrect and you and your friends have been a source of amusement to many. Thank you for the laughs. Lets get Lennox home people x
Ah, Nic, So which one are you? not craig, you are to eloquent for that, caroline maybe?? Anyway, lets look at your statement in detail. Now you say there are MANY pictures of lennox plating with juicy the boxer? Thats not true is it. You have 2 images of them as adults together, that was before he got out and you had to build the Pen in the Yard (yes you see I do do my homework) You have a couple of him as a pup, complete with chain, you have one where he is out in the snow pleading to come into the house, As you can see you took that picture from a window, Lennox is pawing the window sill. Now the Image of him just been washed. A) he is dry, B) he is chained up, C) he has a harness on, who washes their dog with a harness, D) anybody can tell by his bodylanguage that he is scared stiff, what were you going to do, Hose im down or something. As for using the child as a publicity stunt, you have done so at every turn, First of all it was “A support dog for our disabled child” How sick is that, especially when you followed it with a picture of the child pretending to use a nebuliser in hospital. Exploitation of that child at every turn, Then the “brookes Plea” where you used her picture to raise funds for what??? A tank of petrol. Now for the Facts we have. The van image?? We showd the uncut version, you lied. The forged dog licence, we found on your own phottobucket account. The half doctored screen shots we found on your own photobucket account, the image of Lennox skin condition we showed that your assessor was not concerned about it as it is an ongoing complaint, The photoshopped image of Lennox in the house, we showed its a fake. The court information you claimed you never had, we showed you were holding back from the supporters because it was in the public domain. We have proven everything you say has been false. As for lennox going over to SI, why would I not suggest that. Everyone knows that EGAR has offered you many times to let lennox live there, despite your threats and abuse and yes we have all seen the emails and the micheal hunter saga. Why would you want your dog to be sedated, crated up and flown for 12hrs in the cargo hold of a plane, then sat in quarenteen for god knows how long, when a couple of hours in a car would have him across the SI border and into safety. We all also know that EGAR has a good reputation for rehabilitating rescue dogs, so anyone with half an ounce of compassion would place him local, it would also mean the family would have been able to visit. Any more questions Caroline, or Ange is it???
as someone who came into the campaign late and having seen first hand the threats and intimidation of those who dared to question or correct the information being give out by family members and supporters, I made my own investigations and can confirm that everyhting Bille says is true. Bein branded a troll for asking a question or pointing out an error is par for the course with Claire Campbell who wouldn’t know the truth if it hit her in the face with a spade. I for one do not know the dog warden nor am I friends with anyone in BCC, I just saw the inconsistencies, asked questions, checked out the answers and found the truth. See it for yourselves on http://www.llaav.com or carry on believing the lies told by the owner, who by the way is currently under investigation by the attorney general. Check that little fact out on BBC news.
No Angela you can only confirm that what you were told was true. Or are you going by Ange these days? What you do is sit behind keyboards and attempt to character assassinate. It will never work because we are in this for the right reasons, an end to BSL while you only care about who you can damage or try to. Keep your play group games
A message from a long time Lennox supporter. Says it all really (Carol Scrogie
OPEN LETTER TO Ms LIGHTFOOT (please feel free to share and post)
I have written a hundred messages to you, and deleted without sending. I was one of the early Lennox supporters who, for a long time, believed what I was being told. Then little things began to puzzle me. And little questions arose. And I started asking questions. The way my questions were dealt with, and the way I was treated, made… me start asking even more questions, and I started finding things out for myself. I was appalled by what I found out. I apologise to you, in full realisation that the apology of a stranger will mean nothing. And, in case no other Lennox supporter will….if ever you have played with him, I thank you heartily for it. If ever you have stroked him, I hug you for it. If it is true you drove long distances to see him…I thank you and shake your hand for it. I have seen two small clips of you and Lennox. I saw that he trusts you. I saw that he looks to you for reassurance. I saw you stroke him. And, as someone who has cared about this poor dog, who deserved better owners, and better laws, for two years, I believe that you care about him too. I just wanted to say that I am thinking of you tonight, as well as Lennox, as a felllow dog lover. And if/when the moment comes, I believe you will grieve for him. I will too, and I will think of you, with thanks and gratitude for showing him kindness. With best wishes, and repeated apologies. From one of the “disappeared”.)
Well, Billie, it is over. Congratulations on your attempts to get Lennox – he certainly won’t be a bother to you any longer. Instead, he will always be a shining example of what is wrong with Belfast. You will never be forgotten, Lennox, nor will the shenanigans of the BCC and the court system.
Lennox has gone to join other animals who have died because they were abused and neglected – the difference here is that Lennox was abused and neglected by those who should have been caring for him. He never did anything wrong and despite all of the allegations here, Lennox died for something he never did and never was – he was not dangerous and he was not a pitbull. But the ego of the (collective) Belfast City Council, and the power trip the Council was on, ended the life of a beautiful dog who had done no wrong. I can see why there are many people around the world who feel that Lennox may have died a while ago while he was in captivity. All kinds of alternate solutions were given to the BCC to bring this miserable case to a good end, solutions that would have let the BCC save face. In a way, I hope that Lennox did pass on his own because the alternative is that the stone-hearted BCC killed him just because they could. What a black mark on the City of Belfast and, indirectly, upon its residents. No, Billie – there is nothing you can say against the Barnes family, or in support of the BCC, that changes the fact that the BCC committed a completely despicable and inhumane crime. To not even let the family have Lennox’s body – or for God’s sake, not even his collar – speaks volumes about the inhumanity and crust of the BCC. I am sickened by the BCC and all its employees (yes, by those who cackled, baa’d and oinked on the phones to concerned people who called there). Shame on all of you.
WRONG!!! Not that clever are Billie, i’m neither Caroline, Craig Ange or any other of the people the voices in your very small mind told you i was. Go away and do your homework you and the many other ID’s you hide behind on facebook twitter and the fail website you preach on. If you hadnt blocked so many people on facebook you may have been a little Sharper with your guess but then you have to block people on you true identity because you can spew your rubbish to your trogs and believe your invisable! Google cache is a wonderful thing. Now go away and do something worthy other than rip a family apart and hurl insults about a child her parents and a dog that you helped to pts … yeh you and the bcc did that DONT say you wanted him alive an dont quote how you are anti BSL your hate campaign that targets a family of a murdered dog shows exactly how much pleasure you get from a dirty smear campaign that had NOTHING to do with saving a dog and everything to do with. Personal vendetta against a family that dared to speak out against a council!!!