Lennox, Belfast death row dog attracts worldwide attention

whatlsinaname you are obviously something to do with the case.. and sick as the injustice poor lennox has had is disgusting and animal cruelty at its worst!!!

FYI everyone! Pitbulls throughout history have been used for many purposes! They have been trained to hunt, trained to race, trained to fight and also trained to "NANNY". They have been trained throughout history to watch over children. Any dog can attack for what seems like no reason! Lets not forget that Lennox has been DNA proven to not be bred from a pitbull line. I know many dogs that are taken out on walks wearing muzzles. It doesn't mean that they are dangerous! Stop relying solely on what you see in the press and do your own research! Do you really think that the press is going to print an article on the pitbull that won't stop cuddling and licking people! That won't sell papers!

I think this is evil, this dog looks exactly like one of my three puppies and they are NOT PIT BULLS, THEY are labs mixed with bulldogs, HOW DO YOU KILL ANYTHING BASED ON THE WAY IT LOOKS? ARE PEOPLE NEXT, ISN'T THAT WHAT HITLER DID? BLUE EYES BLOND HAIR? The Dog warden in Belfast needs to be euthenized because he is a LIER AT LEAST HE COMMITTED A CRIME, I personally will never visit Belfast if this is what they do there, and will tell my friends to do the same, maybe they will kill us too because they don't like the way we look. I saw the Youtube videos and this dog has done nothing to hurt anyone, you who are doing this will burn in hell at your judgment day and I hope I witness it because you are demons and evil.

I know and she knows she lied about Lennox. I hope it haunts her for the rest of her life. I hope everyone involved with putting this dog down are haunted. It sounds like at the end of this article that there is to be no appeal. Is that true? In the morning he is being put down?. Here comes the tears. Tears for Lennox and tears for his family. ANGER at the Belfast City Council. I hope the whole city is outraged and let them know it. I hope I am wrong about this appeal being turned down.

Lennox is NOT a Pitbull. The woman dog warden is known to have committed perjury having lied in court. There are photos of her kissing and cuddling Lennox after saying he is the most aggressive dog she has ever worked with!!! The 'training' methods used to test Lennox would have made many dogs growl out of fear. If all he did was growl, Id say he was tolerant in the extreem given the circumstances he was in. Lennoxs owners are experienced, responsible, articulate people. They had him chipped, registered and under control always. This is not disputed. Lennox is innocent of any aggression or ill behaviour ever. This is simply wrong in every way for him, his owners and the child that lives with him, loves him, depends on him as she is unwell, and has done for 6 years.

Raveraglen 'common sense' would surely see that if the case switched from being 'possibly' a dangerous type of dog to one of 'an unpredictable' dog during the time he was in the confinement of the Belfast Council, they A: Realized that they had no grounds for a case against the dog as 'dangerous type' and B: If they had felt he was unpredictable when taking him into their care, why wasn't that used as the reason for taking him? Plus, have you seen the many photos of him being entirely loving and trusting with the warden who claimed in court that she couldn't get near him? As for 'murphy666' below, typical childish response from the team who are always so swift with points of law when it suits them in their attempts to demoralize and dishearten but really, just simple minds, in truth.

When we lived in Bermuda the pitbull was eventually banned. From being imported or cross-bred on the island. Hardly from malice toward pet owners. The cases of unprovoked vicious attacks: On Postal staff delivering mail, tourists on mopeds or walking it's otherways safe roads--at the King Edward Hospital in Hamilton outweighed sentimentality. I'm not talking strays here. Nor was there public outrage at the ruling. We've all had and lost pets in various ways in childhood. In place of brandishing a Campaign in my opinion, the Barnes family in Belfast could best serve their child's maturity that occasionally things happen for the better in the long term. Common sense informs if Lennox had to be muzzled when taken for a walk by it's owners "just in case" and muzzled when strangers came to the house "just in case" it begs the question "Just in case WHAT Mr and Mrs Barnes?" How does the child feel on having a pet that might bite a best friend from school?

Ellen, I had a rescue dog who was the kindest, sweetest creature ever. Never once growled, never retaliated when (twice) attacked by other dogs. She lived a totally anger-free life but she had a habit of eating cats mess (the vets believe because of her diet in previous home) which would then give her serious stomach problems the next day. I had to use a muzzle to stop her doing this, it was the only way. Please, please don't think that just because a dog wears a muzzle they must be aggressive. I would have most likely felt the same way before that little sweetheart came to me, but it simply isn't true.

Irish Central, WHY do you keep calling him a Pitbull when it has clearly been proven that he IS NOT a Pitbull?

and PS: It was PROVEN in court that the dog wardens DID indeed lie, PROVEN beyond doubt.

For those who can't read: Lennox has been DNA tested and PROVEN to be NO PART Pitbull. He is a Lab/American bull dog mix. American Bulldog is also NO PART Pitbull. This case is NOT about a Pitbull, in any way.

I just discovered something fishy. I just found out from the save Lennox website that Lennox loved the dog warden so much that he took out a million Euro life insurance policy on himself naming the dog warden as beneficiary. I now change my opinion.

Ahhh, sentimentality and speculation. I am thankful it does not rule the court system....yet.

That dog didn't have a muzzle on for no reason.

All because a warden did not like a dog jumping up on her, maybe he put paw marks on her nice clothes, the dog was muzzled, as is the law there. Getting a pitbull from a good breeder and you get the silliest, friendliest, softest dog you could find. My little mongrel would take the hand of a stranger who stole him from his family. Judges have too much control over who lives or dies, human or animal. Demand a trial by jury, that would bring a happy ending I am sure.