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Dog lovers - Please help! Long (but urgent) post
posted at 2/7/2009 9:58 PM BST
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Total posts: 10
First post: 5/6/2009 Last post: 11/7/2009 |
Hi Guys, I'm not exactly a regular contributor so I suppose I've got a bit of cheek asking for your help but, in my defence, I'm not asking for help for myself but rather for Bruce. Bruce is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier who lives in Northern Ireland and is going to die on Monday - this coming Monday, 6th July - because he grew too tall and was seized as a Pit Bull 'type' which is a banned dog. That's important. Bruce was seized because of what he looked like not because of anything he'd done. Bruce has proved his good temperament in several assessment and, during two years in police pounds, never set a paw wrong. There is a brief summary and heart-wrenching video here: http://www.dogmagazine.net/archiv...plea-to-save-death-row-dog-bruce/ The current situation is that Bruce has an offer of a rescue placement in Eire where he could live out his life legally but the court has not or could not accept that option. Bruce's only remaining chance - and it is a very slim chance - is a mass letter campaign to try to persuade decision makers to allow him to leave the UK. There is very little time left to try to save Bruce. Please put pressure on descision makers by writing in support of Bruce. Home Secretary - Alan Johnson email - public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or johnsona@parliament.uk Please ask for Bruce to be given safe passage to Eire where he can live legally. It's probably best if you can compose your own letters but here's a template letter... Please write today. There is so little time left.
Thank you. Thank you for writing. Just one last thing.... Excluding the bit about 'having the power to pardon' please write also to: Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland http://www.shaunwoodward.com/enquiry.html and Northern Ireland Ministers Peter Robinson http://www.peterrobinson.org/EnquiryForm.asp Martin Mcguiness ps.ministers@ofmdfmni.gov.uk Gerry Kelly ps.ministers@ofmdfmni.gov.uk and Jeffrey Donaldson http://www.jeffreydonaldson.org/AdviceCentre.asp and Tony Hill, Mayor of Northdown Borough Council email: tony.hill@northdown.gov.uk This can only work if enough people write but if enough letters land on enough desktops perhaps we can make a difference. Thank you for reading my plea. |
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Re: Dog lovers - Please help! Long (but urgent) post
posted at 5/7/2009 11:49 AM BST
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Total posts: 10
First post: 5/6/2009 Last post: 11/7/2009 |
Thank you! Thank you, guys! The latest news is that Bruce's execution has been postponed as his barrister has applied for a judicial review. Bruce is still condemned to die though and his life hangs in the balance. We probably will get little or no notice next time. Please keep writing! The campaign has attracted massive support globally but it's vital to keep the pressure on. Please write to the USPCA who are currently holding Bruce: Dear USPCA I am writing to you with regard to a travesty about to occur in Northern Ireland and to beg you to intervene and help save a life. The life in question belongs to Bruce, a young Staffordshire Bull Terrier who was living happily with his family in Northern Ireland. On September 19th 2007 Bruce was seized by council officials as an alleged “pit bull type” and taken to secluded kennels whilst his owner was taken to court for owning a banned type of dog. While incarcerated in kennels his family were allowed to visit Bruce in October 2007, Bruce had lost weight, muscle and had a cut to his muzzle. Five months later Bruce was allowed a second visit from his family in March 2008, they were shocked with what they found: The wound on Bruce's muzzle was larger and had become infected, he had to have his tail amputated, had open sores, was underweight and looked totally rejected, yet despite the clear pain he was in, is described by experts as being a friendly dog that poses no danger to the public. In a desperate attempt to save Bruce, owner Shannon Brown, supporters and neighbours have created petitions and videos resulting in worldwide support to “Bring Bruce Home”. Northern Ireland has not adopted the 1997 Amendment Act as in England, Scotland and Wales, despite being proposed several times, thus meaning any dog deemed to be “pit bull type” cannot be entered onto the Index of Exempted Dogs. If the proposal had been accepted in Northern Ireland, as with the rest of the UK, Bruce would have been home long before now, alive and well registered on the Index of Exempted Dogs. Northern Ireland is however currently considering legislative change but this is not likely to be achieved in time to save Bruce. If Bruce lived in Southern Ireland where no breeds are nationally banned he would never have been seized at all. Bruce has been offered a place of safety with a reputable rescue in Southern Ireland where he could legally live out the rest of his life, this offer has been conveyed to the solicitor but has sadly not been accepted by the court. Please help Bruce and intervene to allow Bruce the chance of life by refusing to destroy a happy friendly dog. This is all that is needed. I am sure that you are aware of how emotionally committed good owners are to their pets. Dogs are part of our families as much as children. Please spare Bruce’s owner the further trauma of having to see Bruce destroyed so needlessly. Please add your voice to help save Bruce and allow a blameless animal the chance of life. We claim to be a nation of animal lovers, surely now it is time to prove it? I await your response. Yours faithfully Their address is: enquiries@uspca.co.uk Many, many thanks! If you've got any click left then here's some more contacts to write to: http://dangerousdogsact.blogspot.com/ Latest Bruce news here: http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/3055/northern-ireland-shamed-by-treatment-of-death-row-dog-bruce/ |
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Re: Dog lovers - Please help! Long (but urgent) post
posted at 5/7/2009 9:30 PM BST
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Total posts: 10
First post: 5/6/2009 Last post: 11/7/2009 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aQLog460Io |
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Re: Dog lovers - Please help! Long (but urgent) post
posted at 5/7/2009 9:32 PM BST
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Total posts: 10
First post: 5/6/2009 Last post: 11/7/2009 |
New bruce video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aQLog460Io |
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posted at 7/7/2009 8:51 AM BST
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Total posts: 10
First post: 5/6/2009 Last post: 11/7/2009 |
In Response to *: Have you tried posting this in the pets section too? Posted by *Wave_Dancer* Thanks, yeah...well...sort of... I posted here first and then noticed the other sections. I didn't want to spam your forum so I just put a small post in 'pets' and 'the Bar' pointing to this thread. I think the one in the 'Bar' got deleted which is a shame. News of Bruce is spreading around the world: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/108449 |
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Re: Dog lovers - Please help! Long (but urgent) post
posted at 10/7/2009 9:42 AM BST
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Total posts: 10
First post: 5/6/2009 Last post: 11/7/2009 |
New video with new song written specifically for Bruce by Maria Daines: |
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