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HELP! HALIFAX WANTS TO KILL MY DOG!
My beloved companion and partner, over six years on death row and it's not over! In July 2008, Halifax dogcatchers seized my dog Brindi on an order to destroy her they issued without any warning - and without legal backing. Her crimes? Two reported scuffles with other dogs, and a third instance of getting loose accidentally, running to check out an approaching dog, which she never touched. She never bit a person or inflicted an injury to a dog that required medical attention. The city refused to reconsider, let alone negotiate; it rejected every alternative to killing Brindi, ignoring pleas from neighbors, trainer, vet, groomer, kennel owner, and hundreds of others - and no less than 5 positive behaviour assessments. A long, traumatic, destructive battle, with judges virtually washing their hands of her and sweeping aside all legal constraints on the city. In fact, they gave it more power - leaving her fate in the hands of the city that already decided to kill her! Halifax never deemed her dangerous - and the law does not even require dangerous dogs to be put down. HELP!
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About Brindi's "Mom" (not really - she's my partner, not my child!)
- Francesca Rogier
- East Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Vegetarian, non-smoker, architect/academic, sought a change of lifestyle on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. My plan was to renovate a heritage house, get it off the grid, and live quietly in peace and harmony with my dog and two cats. Halifax had other plans. Will we recover? PS I'm not really a mom to Brindi - I adopted her when she was a full-grown girl. When they seized her, it felt like they took my partner and best friend. On Twitter: @BrindisMom see also @FreeBrindiDog and @HumaneHalifax
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I find this absolutely incredible that the good people of Halifax have let this continue as long as it has. I cancelled my annual trip there this summer simply because of this, as did a friend of mine. I want to believe that city and SPCA officals are doing this out of stupidy or a complete lack of compassion, but those two excuses toghether would not explain the cruelty, unfairness and complete lack of justice that has gone one here.
ReplyDeleteI certainly have great sorrow for that poor, poor dog, Brindi, and her guardian, Francesca. But I also have great pity on the people responsible for perpetuating this terrible act, from the mayuor on down, and on the traitors (I can think of no other word) in the SPCA. They are the real victims here. They sit back comfortably in their homes at night with their families, feeling self-righteous, while in reality their souls are slowing slipping away from them.
My God, am I the only one who sees that the seeds of the same evil we see the world over are present here, too?
It's been a long time, but yet they still dont allow Brindi to go home. This is really sad...
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