VENUS another innocent dog TAKEN.

UPDATE: Sadly, on Monday 18th July, 2011, the Judge who sat the case against Venus has ordered her destruction. However, this will be appealed against.

Venus passed her Police and Individual behaviour assessments deeming her to be safe and a danger to no-one. The Judge however refused to take these assessments into consideration.



On behalf of: All opposed to BSL, and for enforcing responsible ownership. The blame is at the other end of the lead!

Venus, a Staffy cross, has a home in Kent, England, and was a year and a day old when she was seized along with her litter-sister Athena in March 2011. Their ´mum´ Victoria travelled to visit relatives in Liverpool for the weekend, taking her beloved Venus and Athena with her, as she couldn´t bare to be apart from them.

The police visited the home of her relatives for an entirely different matter unrelated to the dogs. Whilst the police were at the home they noticed Venus and Athena and approached them. Venus and Athena were both scared by their approach and were whimpering. The police seized both the dogs believing them to fall under the ´Pit-Bull Type´ of the UK Dangerous Dogs Act. Athena was returned one week later, (in poor condition and with bad kennel cough), as they didn´t believe her to be ´of type´, but they have kept Venus under section 4b of the D.D.A.

Victoria has requested repeatedly to Merseyside police for information on Venus, including details regarding Venus´s seizure, and for any court date, but as of the time of this petition going live (almost four months after Venus´s seizure), she has not received any documentation, and the police have not been forthcoming with details by any other means. The only communication she has had with the police is when she pleads for information only to be told by them to "stop pestering with phone calls".

Venus´s ´mum´ is beside herself not knowing anything about her beloved dog, and Athena is also very much missing her sister as this is the first time they have been separated since birth.

Victoria is a very responsible owner, who has trained and cared for her dogs lovingly, she has also had them vaccinated, insured, micro-chipped and both dogs had appointments booked to be spayed at the Tag Pet Rescue Centre. Neither dog has ever shown any aggression towards anyone or anything. The dogs are known well by their vet who has stated that they both have a good temperament.

Please help reunite Venus with Athena and Victoria who are missing her deeply.

Thank you


http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-venus-home/