tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post5668687304355479895..comments2024-03-02T23:39:15.327-05:00Comments on The Elka Almanac: I'm sorry, LennoxJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-71521953665125067792012-06-21T11:15:27.819-04:002012-06-21T11:15:27.819-04:00Unfortunately, I agree. I would have preferred Len...Unfortunately, I agree. I would have preferred Lennox, and even Elka, be put down before having to spend 2 years in a concrete box with no love or stimulation. It's cruel and it's ridiculous that it was governmentally backed.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-20232876035900799472012-06-20T20:29:24.362-04:002012-06-20T20:29:24.362-04:00There's a story behind the story that we may n...There's a story behind the story that we may never know! Victoria Stillwell observed Lennox stating even when harassed he backed into a corner and lowered his head never even attempting to attack. There have been rejected offers to take him from Ireland. The women who claimed he jumped at her and nipped her is the very person tending to him. Lennox will die because of human pride<br /><br />Personally I would rather Kirby be put down rather than live the way Lennox has these past 2 years with no affection or comfort. I couldn't bear knowing Kirby was waiting and wondering why I hadn't come to save him.Kirby the Dorkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402013749488434112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-16611558613503766892012-06-17T01:47:09.082-04:002012-06-17T01:47:09.082-04:00I learned about it late, but the outcome was, unfo...I learned about it late, but the outcome was, unfortunately, what I expected it to be. It isn't nice being right, sometimes :(<br /><br /><br />(it's all right, I'm just glad you're still reading!)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-18545276282303986802012-06-17T01:46:28.533-04:002012-06-17T01:46:28.533-04:00It is sad, and there's just nothing to be done...It is sad, and there's just nothing to be done, it seems. It hasn't mattered who has evaluated the dog, who's offered to take Lennox, nothing.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-92147717012174114782012-06-17T01:45:58.009-04:002012-06-17T01:45:58.009-04:00Really, it's an embarrassment for any country....Really, it's an embarrassment for any country. Denver, CO has a pit bull ban, and has euthanized dogs just for passing through, with far less hullaballoo than has been going on in Northern Ireland.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-31229141450849290772012-06-15T18:15:55.930-04:002012-06-15T18:15:55.930-04:00Mum has been following that case since it started,...Mum has been following that case since it started, it is SO heart breaking, poor family, poor Lennox<br /><br /><br /><br />Slobbers<br /><br />P.s We are SO sorry we are behind on all your posts, we have been kept really busy lately :(Smile With Your Tailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232774949799277776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-4226670102117191002012-06-15T16:27:34.120-04:002012-06-15T16:27:34.120-04:00This is so sad. :(This is so sad. :(Bassetmommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-2064047326977552062012-06-13T20:35:35.644-04:002012-06-13T20:35:35.644-04:00This case is an embarassment that leaves us not wa...This case is an embarassment that leaves us not wanting to know how Ireland treats the rest of their animals...<br /><br />Oskar & PamOskarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232739145599522254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-29331041889327918652012-06-13T16:37:03.959-04:002012-06-13T16:37:03.959-04:00Thank you. Any change at all is so hard to make, b...Thank you. Any change at all is so hard to make, but changing from senselessness should be easy, right? I guess not.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-83549242324017806202012-06-13T16:34:25.977-04:002012-06-13T16:34:25.977-04:00The Republic of Ireland is still a fine place to v...The Republic of Ireland is still a fine place to visit. As a part of the UK, Northern Ireland would be the place to avoid in this instance, along with Scotland and England.<br /><br />Definitely post. There are plenty of people who are mad. Maybe it will save the next Lennox (though I'm not sure when his euthanization date even is. They don't say that either.)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-65670418162225169822012-06-13T16:33:09.163-04:002012-06-13T16:33:09.163-04:00I'm not really sure what it takes in the UK fo...I'm not really sure what it takes in the UK for citizenry enacted legislation. I know that I've heard talk about how concerned with their civil rights they are.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-56090143877209432842012-06-13T16:32:19.189-04:002012-06-13T16:32:19.189-04:00Thank you. It seems like they could have figured s...Thank you. It seems like they could have figured something else out in the two years up to this point. I'm not sure why euthanization was preferable.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-79234959512709663082012-06-13T16:31:19.058-04:002012-06-13T16:31:19.058-04:00That one is a surprise to me as well, especially w...That one is a surprise to me as well, especially when a year ago they ruled that the family must still pay for Lennox's impounded care (that's one article I saw, anyway. Not sure if they went along with it or what). They apparently preferred to keep the dog, and kill the dog. Which makes no sense.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-11999466341998082932012-06-13T16:30:22.084-04:002012-06-13T16:30:22.084-04:00It's because Belfast, in Northern Ireland, is ...It's because Belfast, in Northern Ireland, is part of the UK, which has the Dangerous Dogs Act, banning pit bulls. There is also a no guns law there (though I think perhaps the Republic of Ireland has that as well).<br /><br />Really, they passed this law in Denver, too. Your pit bulls may be seized and euthanized, just for existing. It's sad, and it's disgusting.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-65581065905724990632012-06-13T16:02:40.917-04:002012-06-13T16:02:40.917-04:00I've never understood why the Belfast official...I've never understood why the Belfast officials wouldn't allow any of the many organizations to remove Lennox from Ireland to the many places where he could have lived free. His owners had no objection to this plan.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07145008534811435024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-12882487780015531302012-06-13T15:26:39.262-04:002012-06-13T15:26:39.262-04:00This story makes me so sad. :(
~HigginsThis story makes me so sad. :(<br /><br />~HigginsPatrice and Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961959014212195011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-26079046610440256672012-06-13T14:40:16.310-04:002012-06-13T14:40:16.310-04:00I couldn't believe it when I read the news yes...I couldn't believe it when I read the news yesterday. It made me terribly sad. I don't know a lot about the laws in Ireland, but I can't believe that at the very least, the government could just come in and seize property with no clear basis.(Since dogs are usually considered property in most places) I keep wondering what there is about this story that no one has heard, because something just feels like it doesn't fit.houndstoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159272473651561647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-19300057205984628662012-06-13T11:24:10.450-04:002012-06-13T11:24:10.450-04:00Love your commentary here. I hadn't been follo...Love your commentary here. I hadn't been following the story until recently, and every range of emotions from anger to just being sad and feeling like we can never change the world fast enough, have run through my head. And now I'm wondering, too. Grrr.Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515893641453859835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-59802707211099329512012-06-13T09:46:13.929-04:002012-06-13T09:46:13.929-04:00I wonder along with you. Personally? I think they ...I wonder along with you. Personally? I think they did this because of the media attention. I think they got mad and decided a dog should pay for their pride, their inability to see beyond their own personal reputations and self-aggrandizement. I think they did this out of spite. I have always wanted to visit Ireland, but I am now scratching them off my list. Yes. I know this is northern Ireland, but as an Irish-American I want no part in their murder if a dog. <br />Okay. Now I'm getting mad again. I may have to write a post.Daisy's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546506700765094230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-78647152141457616502012-06-13T08:06:26.174-04:002012-06-13T08:06:26.174-04:00This is what you get with an over-zealous governme...This is what you get with an over-zealous government. It is too bad. I am surprised that in two years the residents of that area could not get the laws changed or the politicians thrown out of office. But then, I am not sure how things work in Belfast. And sadly, too many people think the role of government is to regulate these things, whether it be in the for of BSL, or breeder legislation.2browndawgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792375606466389228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-37423888131112265812012-06-13T07:12:52.750-04:002012-06-13T07:12:52.750-04:00I don't think you wonder too much at all. But...I don't think you wonder too much at all. But that's because I wonder the same things. Excellent post.Talking-Dogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562973510419612443noreply@blogger.com