This from the host of an internet Radio show. Dr. Leigh Foster. This explains the actions and the cover up.
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND—The host of an internet radio show says she has been given information by an unidentified informant that Lennox, a dog which became the center of an international effort to save his life, died months ago while in captivity in the hands of the Belfast City Council.
Dr. Leigh Foster, creator and host of The Pawz Cauze Show, says that the informant has told her that Lennox was found dead in his kennel months ago. Certainly this explains the cover up.
The BCC had rejected all efforts to save the dog after his family declined to appeal his case to the Supreme Court in London after their final appeal had been denied on June 12.
The dog had been held in captivity at a secret location since it was seized by Belfast dog wardens under the Dangerous Dog Act in May, 2010, simply because it looked like a pit bull and after they used a tape measure to determine the dog had the measurements of a “pit bull type”
The BCC issued a statement on July 11, claiming that the dog had been killed that day because it was a “dangerous dog”.
The family’s request to say goodbye to their beloved Len was heartlessly denied.
There are looming questions if Lennox was still alive as of the day before Lennox’s confirmed death as the BCC has steadfastly refused to offer any proof of his existence. They had steadfastly refused the family’s request for their own vet to examine Lennox after it was learned that the dog appeared to have been mistreated while in the care of the BCC, with sores on his neck and foot, hair falling out in clumps due to stress and depression. He was reportedly being medicated for the stress.
The government refused the family’s request to receive his body and have said the family might receive “some” of his ashes. They refused to return his collar to the family.
Foster’s posting read:
“ok, I have been sitting on some information given to me by an unidentified informant. I don’t know if it is true but it would explain A LOT about this case. If it is true, you all will be furious as I, but if not, then that means we can’t trust anything that comes out of Northern Ireland/UK. Here it goes:
“I was contacted shortly after I ended the show early in the morning on the 11th. The informant gave me information that I don’t know if it is the truth but I am releasing to you and hopefully we can get to the bottom of the truth. Please know that this is not from ME, I am just the messenger. This person stated that the shelter who kept Lennox hidden from the world went into his kennel one morning to give him his medication for kennel stress, food, and water. The informant stated that Lennox was found dead and the shelter panicked. They supposedly contacted BCC to see what they should do and they were told to have the body cremated immediately and to destroy the collar, clean the kennel and remove all evidence that Lennox was even there. This supposedly took place several months prior to the last court date. The informant stated that BCC told the judge and that is why the judge upheld the other rulings. According to the informant, BCC never thought that this case would cause such an uproar and by the time it did, they feared what would happen if they openly admitted that Lennox was dead already.
“IF this is in fact the truth, it would explain a lot! Why no one was able to see him, why the family could not have the body back and why the collar is missing. The saddest fact of all is that we have no proof that this is a true statement because all evidence was destroyed. The only way we will know the truth is if the informant identifies him or herself and if the shelter has a strike of conscious and speaks out. It also explains why everyone who was supposed to be able to grant amnesty were unable to thus passing the callers and public around to other people causing confusion and heightened anger.
“So there you have it. This is all I know and I have no idea who the person was. Sorry I can’t give you any more information. Know that I back you all up in this fight to know the truth. We owe it to the Barnes family and BCC owes it to the world to tell us what actually happened to Lennox.”
The dog had been held in captivity and seclusion for over two years, seized from his home in May 2010 by Belfast dog wardens in an egregious abuse of power.
Initially there was no claim that the docile family pet was aggressive but as public sentiment grew against the BCC, they began to fabricate claims that he was a dangerous dog and ultimately the court decision that led to his death said he must be put down because he had teeth and therefore was a threat to public safety because someday he might bite someone although he had never done so before and had never shown any propensity to do so.
First Minister Peter Robinson had asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Michelle O’Neill to review the matter “with urgency” and had asked the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Gavin Robinson, not to execute Lennox but rather to allow him to be rehomed in the United States, to accept the longstanding offer of dog expert Victoria Stilwell.
Stilwell had offered to pay all expenses associated with the relocation of the dog to a sanctuary in the U.S. He would have been placed in the public and would have posed no risk to the public.
O’Neill never publicly addressed the issue although that is her responsibility. The Lord Mayor of Belfast said nothing, the Queen was busy modeling track suits for the Olympics.
The BCC refused to meet with Stilwell, refused to even grant her the courtesy of a response. The 51 councilors that comprise the BCC, while elected by the people, clearly do not represent the wishes of the people, an issue that is likely to be addressed in the next election. 7-17-12
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