Hundreds of people worldwide support Belfast dog scheduled to be killed

March 28, 2011 - PRLog -- In Belfast, Northern Ireland the city council are allowing a 5 year old American bull dog, named Lennox, to languish in misery and dire living conditions while awaiting a death sentence. According to the Save Lennox campaign, on May 19th 2010 the dog was wrongfully seized by Belfast City Council Dog Wardens from his loving owners. While the owners campaigned along with the Save Lennox campaign to free the animal from the poor living conditions it was subjected to, the pleas have been routinely rejected by Belfast City Council.

On Monday the 28th of March 2011 at 10:30 AM, a hearing is due to take place at Laganside Court in Belfast to discuss the captive dogs situation. Prior to the court hearing, hundreds of people across the globe have been raising awareness of the issue and pressuring Belfast City Council to free Lennox. Animal advocacy organisation, Action for our Planet (AFOP) along with countless other organisations and individuals worldwide have sent hundreds of tweets to the city councils Twitter profile. To add to this, supporters of the Save Lennox campaign managed to get American actor and star of The Vampire Diaries Ian Somerhalder to rally support for the cause.

A spokesman for Action for our Planet, Oli Dillon Squire, one of the organisations calling for the release of Lennox said that ''Hundreds of people worldwide are demanding the release of a dog unfairly subjected to harsh conditions at the hands of  Belfast City Council. It is clear that people want to send a clear message to those holding Lennox the dog in captivity and the message is that no animal deserves to be taken from it's loving owners and treated like a prisoner on death row''.

Concerned organisations and individuals worldwide are hoping that the city council of Belfast makes the right decision by releasing the bull dog from captivity and sending Lennox back to his family home.

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Action for our Planet (AFOP) is a website providing people with information on various world issues including animal exploitation, human rights, climate change, corruption and political oppression.