[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: K9 Saxon
- From: Wasatchgld@xxxxxxx
- To: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:19:33 EDT
Karen,
I followed some links that were referenced and the story is true. Here are
an article from the BBC news and a web page dedicated to saving Saxon.
Both contain pictures of Saxon and Officer Townly. I suspect the letter
was copied in several places, so Mrs. Townly's signature may have been
on the original source (where ever that is <G>), but didn't get copied at
some point.
The total signatures are over 4,000 now - coming from multiple countries.
_http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/5211180.stm_
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/5211180.stm)
_http://www.videxgsd.com/sos__save_our_saxon.htm_
(http://www.videxgsd.com/sos__save_our_saxon.htm)
Janice
In a message dated 7/29/2006 12:50:30 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Begging everyone's pardon, but this forwarded email had
ALL the earmarks of an urban legend... right down to the
fact that it is being widely distributed by everyone and
their brother. A huge red flag to me was the fact that
this supposed officer's wife has neglected to sign her
letter pleading for help. Didn't seem kosher! If I were
pleading for help, you BET I'd sign my name! :/
Snopes.com didn't have anything on this, so I Googled
"Gwent County Police Department" and came up with the
following:
http://www.thisisgwent.co.uk/display.var.847806.0.clamour_to_save_police_=
dog_saxon.php
Apparently, the story seems to be true... to a point.
Unfortunately, we're only hearing one side of the story,
and at this point, it's second or third-hand info at that.
According to the story above, "Saxon has been denied a
license on the grounds that he is unsafe to work with, and
his future is currently under consideration." It doesn't
seem to me to be a case of them putting him down simply
because he is being retired. He's being retired from
service for a reason. Maybe it's a bogus reason (or not),
but we really don't have enough information to be making
judgments on something that is happening in another
country with different rules and traditions from ours.
The above said, I did jot off a quick note to the Gwent
County Police stating my opinion. However, I will not be
signing any Internet petitions on this as they are
generally useless. If anyone decides to write the police
department, BE POLITE!! In many ways, you are representing
the citizenry of our country to officials in another.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Karen C.
Email: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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