Update: Pit Bull "Lennox" Was Put to Sleep Today

[SoDesuKa]

BELFAST - Despite efforts on two continents to save his life, Lennox was euthanized today as a dangerous animal. The family were not allowed to say their last goodbyes to the dog. [center]


Lennox was Destroyed Today
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Lennox, the dog at the centre of an international campaign to stop a Northern Ireland council from putting him to sleep, has been destroyed.

The dog's heartbroken owner, Caroline Barnes, said her teenage daughter Brooke had been denied the chance to say a final farewell.

"We had told Brooke that even if we don't win (the case), she can still see Lennox, have her last pictures with him and say goodbye," said Ms Barnes.


Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/heartbreak-as-death-row-dog-lennox-destroyed-by-belfast-council-16183738.html#ixzz20MvJsKed

[Drale]

1. My girlfriend was in tears earlier because of this. /nt

[AJTheMan]

2. I ignored this article because I cannot bear to read it.

And by the way, there is debate as to whether Lennox was even a pit bull.

[rocktivity]

3. He was part American Bulldog

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Which they consider to be close enough.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=928866


rocktivity

[AJTheMan]

4. See that's just sick. He's not even a Pit Bull. But they put him down because he looked like one. nt

[iemitsu]

5. if "pit bull type dogs" are illegal in northern ireland,

where did the family get the dog?
the article is particularly uninformative about any problems the dog had had in the community.
it states that the dog was one of the most unpredictable dogs ever observed but doesn't describe the conditions under which the dog was observed. the article does not reference any attacks that the dog might have perpetrated or any other signs of vicious behavior.
was the only issue the law that prohibits "pit bull type dogs"?

[Honeycombe8]

6. Oh, no. So sad. Why? Ironic, too...N. Ireland has suddenly become non-violent? With ITS history? nt