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Monday, April 12, 2010

Letter from India

Lots going on, no time to blog about it quite yet. In the meantime, however, this was shared by Inez Rufus in India.

One thing's for sure: it's unlikely that the HRM councilors and mayor have ever gotten so many messages from so many far-flung places on every continent except Antarctica! Too bad they do not reply to the majority of them. Inez wrote to me that she has sent many emails so far, "but not one has even been acknowledged.

Inez Rufus April 10 at 1:59am

Dear Mr. Moore,

I live in India and have been following Brindi's story from its inception. I am shocked at how the Candian legal system works!

Please let Francesca visit Brindi. Try and negotiate a resolution to this craziness so Brindi can go home to Francesca.

I own a dog and this situation would have sent me over the edge. Kudos to Francesca for staying in the game.

Please use whatever powers you have as Superintendent to bring this heart-rending separation to an end. PLEASE!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Letter from Cyprus

It is really something to get messages of support from around the world. Sometimes they really give me pause. When I was studying Berlin, I read a masters thesis on another divided city, namely Cyprus. This morning, I received this note from a very kind woman living in that city. I thought I'd share it here, and will be posting a few other letters on the Support Brindi page as well.

Dear Brindi and Francesca,

I can only wish like many others that we had the power to bring Brindi home so all I can do us send you my wishes and thoughts on brining you both together and home again soon. These are times that I feel ashamed to be called human and I hope they bring Humanity back, Convicted killers have the right to live, why and how a dog becomes a victim of the law is a question, in taking the responsibility of humanity and offering you support to help to give Brindi the care and love needed…. a simple action on their behalf was overlooked and they took actions which are shameful acts of humanity.

My heart and mind is with you both xxx

Terisa Vlamis
Student of Canine Psychology
Cyprus

Meanwhile, Brindi is scheduled for an assessment (again) this morning. I'm off to make sure it happens.
This is the third try since February!! More on that later.

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!