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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'm glad that you got your camera working again. Those are beautiful pictures of a beautiful animal, and needs to be home with his mommy. He looks at you with all his love. Something has to be done about this. HRM isn't answering any of my calls or emails...go figure.
ReplyDeleteShe looks so happy and full of admiration!
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful and deserving to go home.But I see that she knows you are working and is patient.
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January 28, 2009
Policy of harassment
Re: “Brindi’s not quite free to go home yet: Dog owner still facing charges of violating city’s animal bylaws" (Jan. 21). The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has clearly directed that animal control officers in the Halifax Regional Municipality do not have the authority to order the euthanization of dogs in non-emergency situations.
This decision suggests animal control officers do not have the expertise to assess canine temperament; and to exterminate a healthy animal based on a histrionic complaint and the subjectivity of an animal control officer is unacceptable.
It appears that HRM is now engaged in a vendetta of retribution against Francesca Rogier and Brindi. The HRM has the option of an appeal process – but this policy of harassment needs to end now.
The animal bylaws should reflect the Supreme Court decision without further delay.
David Morford, Halifax