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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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Dearest Francesca
ReplyDeleteI was out all day yesterday and picked up your tel. message when I returned home. I had asked Beatty if I rec'd any calls and because he wanted to surprise me, he said 'no'.
What a glorious surprise!! Thanks to God, Brindi's Mom and all Brindi's Angels.
We love you!!!
Your Montreal Friends,
Carol, Beatty and
Fur Kids - Moka, Koda,
Callie & Sylvester XXXXXX
I hope this means Brindi will be coming home.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the latest news?
ReplyDeleteFrancesca, Still not sure of details but feel it must be going well. I am thinking of you and Brindi as always. Love, Jeramie Dreyfuss
ReplyDeleteGood question, Fox Mange...
ReplyDeleteYou are right, it will not be over till Brindi is home. And even then, if what I have seen elsewhere is any guide, it will not be over in the eyes of some.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, Francesca has raised the bar for the bond between humans and dogs. Equally important, she has raised the bar for human decency, kindness and tenaciousness. What a lesson we all have learned from her. What a hero she is. And she could not have done it without the help of HRM and SPCA-NS.
What's sad, though, is that Brindi has needlessly lost two years of her life, and so many other dogs needlessly died at the hands of HRM in the meantime, and before.
I hope the good people of Nova Scotia take note of what just happened, not for the sake of their dogs, but for the sake of all those things that are important to them.
ETM
surprise,
ReplyDeletei amin motreal for 4 months and will be delighted to visit you and your released dog.
a long term friend
corinne