Mara's Musings

There is a really informative piece on the DDA and how it impacts on ALL dog owners on the Freshfields Animal Rescue Site.

To read please click here

This woman's heart breaking story is just one of the many reasons to avoid buying puppies from disreputable sources.  To read about the sad life of Maggie May and her owner click here.

 You could be supporting a puppy mill.






Credit: Pets Adviser

http://www.songfordogs.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/songfordeathrowdogs

Lennox - another victim of the DDA

Following recent events in Belfast, I am turning this blog over almost exclusively to raising awareness of the travesty that is the Breed Specific dangerous dogs act in the UK.  I will post more about Lennox to update those of you who are not familiar with the case but for now I want to share this statement from Victoria Stilwell, the dog behaviour expert, who was heavily involved in trying to save Lennox.  It is important that this information gets out there.

The original statement can be read here.

"To all Lennox supporters and those against BSL. Please read this from my colleague Jim Crosby and share with as many people as you can. This is vitally important. When I was brought onto the case a year ago I received a copy of the BCC's 'expert's' report. This report was only supposed to be an evaluation of Lennox's measurements to determine whether Lennox was of pitbull type (which is laughable in itself.) The last paragraph of the report states that even though this expert knows that he has only been brought in to measure Lennox he still offers his opinion of Lennox's behavior, which he questions. That's it - one paragraph. I also have the behavioral evaluation reports from both David Ryan and Sarah Fisher - pages and pages of detailed, intelligent, unbiased and thorough investigations of Lennox's behavior. Yet the BCC stand by their 'expert' and so did the courts, discrediting the evidence of two qualified behavioral experts. Is that justice? Is that fair?

It is also public knowledge now, even though I have said nothing on this matter, but because it is already out there I will have to answer your questions truthfully, yes, the BCC's 'expert' did try to sue me for speaking out against him and questioning his credentials, and yes he did expect money from me to settle the dispute. He was not successful because all I did was speak the truth. But these are the kind of people that the family,myself and all those who have supported Lennox, have been up against. I will finish by saying that I do not approve of threats and intimidation being done to anyone on either side and would appeal to those who conduct themselves in such a way to stop - you are not helping matters. But also be aware that those of us who have supported Lennox and the family themselves have also received threats, some from the very people that BCC employ.

So onto Jim's report - this is a window into how it should be done:"
http://canineaggression.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/lennox-gloves-come-off.html