Marion Pellicano
Ambrose
Take a good look at these people. They sentenced an innocent
family pet to death because he “looked like a pit bull”. In Northern Ireland, it is against the
law to own a pit bull. Lennox, an American
Bulldog/ Lab mix, was taken from his family, locked up for 2 years and today,
he was put to death.
Lennox has never attacked, bitten,
or threatened anyone. He was a beloved family pet for 6 years when he was
ripped from his home because he resembled a pit bull.
Despite pleas from around the world, the heartless Belfast
City Council decided
Lennox had to die.
Lennox was
murdered at 7 am this morning and the family wasn’t allowed to say goodbye,
they were refused to be allowed to be by his side. They were told they could not bring Lennox’s body home but they would receive “some ashes” in
the mail.
Lennox has
become a symbol of unjust treatment of animals. People and government officials
must begin to enact animal rights legislation that will protect beautiful
creatures like Lennox, who caused no harm and
posed no threat. One reader posted the following poem on the One Million Lights
for Lennox Page.
