Wednesday April 18, 2012, 11:35 pm
Julia R.’s comment for Lennox

Please take note and take action! Lennox's final appeal is looming. He just turned seven on April 1 and yet even though he has done nothing he remains locked up, isolated from his family and every one. Please take action on Twitter as part of the free Lennox campaign if you haven't already done so. I pray that a miracle will happen to free this dog who has so long been separated from his family!
Also please email the following people asking them to please release Lennox as he has done nothing but been a very faithful companion to his family and a therapy dog for a child who has had her whole world fall apart as a result of Lennox being taken away from her without cause. Lennox's family has had to endure this forced separation for 682 days!

Wednesday April 18, 2012, 11:41 pm
Contact Info for the Save Lennox Campaign:

The Save Lennox movement is now desperately trying to contact as many media outlets, celebrities and animal advocacy groups as possible to fight to spare Lennox's life.

Contact the Belfast City Council directly to express your outrage (no threats please-they don't help Lennox's case):

City Council:
Telephone: 028 9027 0270
Textphone: 028 9027 0405

OR:

Chief Executive's Department,Belfast City Hall

Telephone: 028 9032 0202
Textphone: 028 9027 0405

OR EMAIL:

Contact the Belfast City Council directly to express your outrage (no threats please-they don't help Lennox's case):

Belfast City Council Complaints: complaints@belfastcity.gov.uk
Belfast City Council Chief Executive: mcnaneyp@belfastcity.gov.uk

Belfast City Council Health & Enviromental Manager: wylies@belfastcity.gov.uk

Belfast City Council Dog Warden Department: dogwardens@belfastcity.gov.uk

Belfast City Council Dog Warden Manager: elwoody@belfastcity.gov.uk

Belfast City Council Dog Warden: lightfoots@belfastcity.gov.uk

Belfast City Council Dog Warden: franceyw@belfastcity.gov.uk

Media outlets to contact:

BBC News: Write BBC News asking them to promote Lennox's story here

CNN News: Ask CNN to cover the Save Lennox movement here

NBC News: Ask NBC News to cover Lennox's story

ABC News: Ask ABC News to cover Lennox's story

Boycott MTV:

MTV is scheduled to hold the 2011 EMAs in Belfast, Ireland this fall. Let them know you're outraged that they would support this kind of animal cruelty

MTV Community Forum

Contact MTV on Twitter

Celebrities to contact on Twitter, ask them to join the fight:

Rachael Ray (Pit bull lover): www.twitter.com/rachaelrayshow

Katherine Heigl (Pit bull lover): www.twitter.com/katherine_heigl

Howard Stern (Animal advocate): www.twitter.com/howardstern

Cesar Millan (Dog Whisperer): www.twitter.com/cesarmillan

Wednesday April 18, 2012, 11:56 pm
Or you can click here to go to a page where all media outlets are hyperlinked to make it easier.

Thursday April 19, 2012, 4:14 am
petition at
http://www.petitiononline.com/sl190510/petition.html

very happy to sign
Thx Julia thanks for your commendable efforts

Thursday April 19, 2012, 4:39 am
Letters duly written, Julia. I would encourage people to use the link above, where the email addresses of Belfast officials are available and need only a click, and to write in particular to the Chief Executive of Belfast. I concluded my letter to the CE by emphasizing he global reach of this story and the effect of Lennox's death, should it be, on perceptions of Belfast and Ulster. I didn't spell it out, but I was, of course, hinting at the matter of tourist money. I made the same point in my letter to the BBC, though in that case I empasized more the effect on the family, the assininity of the law, and the global reach. I also suggested in parentheses that Care2 might be worth their attention at some point -- almost 19 million people doing good things via one website?? Not a bad story to tell. Anyway, let us hope for the best.

Thursday April 19, 2012, 7:40 am
Sad.

Thursday April 19, 2012, 7:47 am
This breaks my heart. Very sad.

Thursday April 19, 2012, 10:00 am
Signed hundreds petitions for Lennon... & NotedThanks

Thursday April 19, 2012, 10:58 am
Noted!

Thursday April 19, 2012, 12:37 pm
The petition would not open due to technical difficulties but I will keep it in my favorites until it works and noted, thank you!

Thursday April 19, 2012, 12:38 pm
This is so sad and unacceptable! I hope that they will listen to reason and free Lennox! Thanks for posting!

Thursday April 19, 2012, 2:16 pm
Now the petition page opens but the petition does not work! I will keep it in my favorites and try once a day for fortytwo days!

Thursday April 19, 2012, 2:33 pm
noted and shared. Thank you.

Thursday April 19, 2012, 2:46 pm
Tried and trying to sign...thank-you Julia

Thursday April 19, 2012, 3:38 pm
Noted & shared on FB & signed the petition as well as countless others. Thanks you dear Julia for looking out for Lennox, your the best! xoxo

Thursday April 19, 2012, 4:06 pm
thank you julia for this petition that will keep poor lennox alive or destroy his life. i pray that he will be saved, as there is nothing to prove he did anything to be MURDERED for! God bless you, julia, and God bless lennox.

Thursday April 19, 2012, 4:40 pm
signed for lennox. good luck buddy, praying for you.

Thursday April 19, 2012, 7:21 pm
Saying a prayer~~~

Thursday April 19, 2012, 8:32 pm
I CAN'T BELIEVE POOR LENNOX IS STILL ON DEATH ROW!!!

Friday April 20, 2012, 3:01 am
sad

Friday April 20, 2012, 5:31 am
Is there a petition here?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnimalRightsandActionAlerts/join

Friday April 20, 2012, 5:52 am
noted, thank you

Friday April 20, 2012, 7:02 am
Poor Lennox. He must be so traumatized being held in captivity for almost two years.

Friday April 20, 2012, 8:32 am
Thank you.

Friday April 20, 2012, 9:19 am
signed

Friday April 20, 2012, 10:54 am
SADLY NOTED!

Friday April 20, 2012, 11:50 am
I pray this dog is saved!

Friday April 20, 2012, 12:12 pm
Poor little Dog, this kind of treatment by the council is plain irresponsible and abusive to animals!

Friday April 20, 2012, 1:10 pm
http://animalactionworld.weebly.com

Friday April 20, 2012, 1:20 pm
Julia, posted, tweeted, passed on, may this help Lennox!!

Friday April 20, 2012, 2:51 pm
What exactly did this dog do to be taken away from his home? It seems his only crime is to be a "pit-bull type dog". The horror!

Friday April 20, 2012, 4:11 pm
Karma to the arse hole scum bags in Belfast that have put Lennox through this crap.Lennox has done nothing wrong.FREE LENNOX IMMEDIATELY!!!!

Friday April 20, 2012, 4:17 pm
Even great criminals have had their death sentences commuted to life sentence....Lennox deserves better than that. This is not just a mere fight for Lennox's life...it is a fight to prove that as humans we do not condone inhuman acts against defenseless animals.....

Friday April 20, 2012, 5:51 pm
BSL is BULL. Politicians are more dangerous than 'pit bulls'. Arrest the Mayor, not the dog!

Friday April 20, 2012, 6:13 pm
Noted, will see what more I can do.

Friday April 20, 2012, 6:19 pm
SO-CALLED PEOPLE ARE SUCH IDIOTIC A-HOLES.!!!!! WHY DON'T THESE PERPS FIND SOME REAL CRIMES TO DEAL WITH.?.!!!!!! THIS DESERVING, INNOCENT, DOG, IS BEING PUNISHED OUT OF IGNORANCE.!!!!!! GROW UP YOU INHUMANE, CRIMINAL PERPS.!!!!!

Friday April 20, 2012, 6:28 pm
I can't believe this poor dog is still incarcerated. For shame, Belfast! Let Lennox go home! You are only making yourselves look like monsters in the eyes of the world! Noted thanks.

Friday April 20, 2012, 11:52 pm
OK... I just sent emails to all the links recommended by Julia R. I encourage everyone to do the same. Time is of the essence.

HERE'S THE LINK TO MAKE IT EASIER:
http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-in-national/exclusive-sophia-bush-fights-for-lennox-dog-set-to-die-for-resembling-pit-bull

Your help is needed!

Saturday April 21, 2012, 2:28 am
How heartless can they get? This dog has done nothing but be a good theraphy dog for a child and is guilty only of being a Pit Bull or looking like one! Are they insane. I pray God hears all our prayers and saves this dog from death. I can imagine how he is being treated, caged up for over 600 days with people who don't care and his family unable to see him. Thats just horrible. Will send letters thru the link. If I had the money I would not go to that country.I hope Lennox goes home to his family.

Saturday April 21, 2012, 3:05 am
I have been trying for over an hour to open this link and it says to try back later. I will keep trying until I can
sign that petition link. I think this whole situation stinks. Those people are cruel, that dog is not even kept in a clean kennel, nor did I see a food or water dish. Some jerk called Ribtickler says, its costing the taxpayers and he should be put down, he is just a dog. Well guess what jerk off dog spelled backwards is GOD. He is a beloved pet that bothered no one. Send him HOME to his family!!!

Saturday April 21, 2012, 6:50 am
Please let him go back to his family!!

Sunday April 22, 2012, 1:18 am
PLEASE FREE LENNOX!

Sunday April 22, 2012, 11:18 am
I can´t believe Lennox is still there. Why are they being so cruel?????

Sunday April 22, 2012, 1:26 pm
wth is a pit bull type dog?, and after reading some of the comments have realized that there really is a breed bigotry ,and that is the stupidest thing in the world.
stupid people,not stupid dogs.

Sunday April 22, 2012, 1:40 pm
Noted & signed petition thanks to Julia's link Thanks for the forward Ingrid

Sunday April 22, 2012, 2:21 pm
noted and shared

Sunday April 22, 2012, 2:41 pm
Noted. Please send this baby home with his family. God Bless Lennox and his family.

Sunday April 22, 2012, 3:34 pm
This breed is banned in Ontario, Canada, where I live, by an attorney general who seemingly knows nothing about the animal, and simply reacted to public pressure. I agree with the person who indicated that any dog's behaviour depends on the way it has been treated by humans. This breed can be very loyal and lovable, depending also on the way it has been trained. Lennox does not deserve to be destroyedd, for the mere fact that he appears aggressive.

Sunday April 22, 2012, 4:41 pm
The family is to blame here. Lennox has been repeatedly offered sanctuary by EGAR, who was willing to take him in from the very beginning. Instead, the family chose to drag this nonsense out FOR YEARS and subject this poor, innocent creature to protracted and inhumane incarceration in a dark, filthy cell and an almost certain death. For everyone here who doesn't know the whole story, many thousands of us across the globe BEGGED the family to provide Lennox with a life of happiness and health at EGAR, an animal rescue in Southern Ireland who offered to rescue Lennox from the get-go. They have staunchly refused. His death will squarely fall on their shoulders. They've known from day one they would not....could not win this fight. And Lennox will pay the ultimate price. Shameful, horrific. True.

Monday April 23, 2012, 12:54 am
Dear Michelle,

We all know of your great love for animals and appreciate all of your efforts in trying to improve the welfare of so many. But I would like to say this that I had read from a reputable source (I believe it was the Save Lennox campaign website) that the family had offered to the very intransigent judge of this case that they were open to Lennox going to a rescue group outside of Ireland and that even a friend of a dog training celebrity (Victoria Stillwell) had offered to give a home to Lennox but the judge flatly refused this. There are many people that unfortunately make statements without really knowing what all the legal hurdles are and opinions not always backed up by fact can spread quickly on the internet. I read that Lennox’s family (and I really do believe that they truly love Lennox) would rather see Lennox alive than dead and see him in a much better situation than he is currently in. I don't think that with the way those judges have acted ( without showing any capacity to think openly about this issue) that they would have even entertained that as an option because they think Lennox is from a dangerous breed and they won’t even allow Lennox to go outside his cell or accept visits from his family). We all must focus on Lennox right now. If we get people thinking that the Barnes are bad people, then letters that might help Lennox may not get written and this could cause an impediment in helping him. Then how would we feel? What would that accomplish? It certainly wouldn’t help us free Lennox.
The situation, currently being as it is, we must act on. And the only way, now to help Lennox is by many people writing to the Belfast city council members and media outlets. I’m sure that you don’t mean to suggest that we just give up. Because then we will have failed Lennox! I think we all need to get on the same page at this point in time, if we really want to help Lennox, then we must get involved with this last great effort to save him.

Monday April 23, 2012, 2:01 am
Email sent and petition signed. Forwarded to friends. This is horrible. We should not judge anyone, including animals, just because of their appearance and pit bulls are not born bad, it is just a bad owner!

Monday April 23, 2012, 3:43 am
When some so called dangerous dogs get an exemption and are released back to their families, they often are in terrible condition. I dread to think what condition Lennox is in after 2 years in some 'facility' and I wonder if this is the reason the council won't give in.

I hope Lennox will be free and I also hope that the family are going to sue the pants of Belfast Council, there is a good firm of lawyers who could take these bastards on.

Monday April 23, 2012, 9:52 pm
Lennox needs to go home to the family that loves him.He has been a good dog despite what he has went through.

Tuesday April 24, 2012, 4:06 am
sad

Friday April 27, 2012, 11:02 am
Noted!

Sunday April 29, 2012, 7:51 am
Very sad. Noted and forwarded. Thank you Julia.

Wednesday May 9, 2012, 10:02 pm
I didn't see anything to sign. Hope Lennox gets to come home. It's been way too long and a great expense for the city. You'd think they would give it up.

Saturday May 19, 2012, 11:57 pm
Please note current update on Lennox below from the Huffington Post and if you haven't yet sent emails to the Belfast City Council urging them to finally release Lennox so that he can go home to his family, please do so now as Lennox's final date for an appeal has been set for May 24, 2012. You will find all the addresses here of the Belfast City Council at this link http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-in-national/exclusive-sophia-bush-fights-for-lennox-dog-set-to-die-for-resembling-pit-bull Another important official to send letters asking to please free Lennox whose done nothing and so that he can be returned to the family who loves him is the Mayor of Belfast at lordmayorsoffice@belfastcity.gov.uk

Hopefully the information in this article will clear up any misunderstanding by some that the Barnes are opposed to another family adopting Lennox in the Republic of Ireland to get him out of this very inhumane situation in which he has been locked up in a tiny cell for almost 2 years! In fact, as this article clearly states, A final appeal to high court is set for May 24. "If it is ruled that Lennox cannot be returned to his family, the defense is asking at least to allow a friendly party in the Republic of Ireland (where there is no breed specific legislation) to adopt him."

This most recent update is from America’s Huffington Post Feature Lennox Article at http://savelennox.com/2012/05/11/americas-huffington-post-feature-lennox-article/

"A final appeal to high court is set for May 24. If it is ruled that Lennox cannot be returned to his family, the defense is asking at least to allow a friendly party in the Republic of Ireland (where there is no breed specific legislation) to adopt him."

"Meanwhile, somewhere in Belfast, a family’s beloved pet – a dog who has never spent so much as a day in a boarding kennel — remains locked in a small dank cell surrounded by sawdust and feces, a victim of misused policy and a few humans who would rather see him put to death than admit a mistake. Now, that’s a crime."

Friday June 8, 2012, 10:37 am
Signed!

Wednesday June 27, 2012, 3:54 am
Noted.