A 7-year-old dog named Lennox, which authorities in Northern Ireland impounded two years ago when it was thought to be a "danger to the public," was put down last week.
According to the BBC, the City Council in Belfast, where the dog was seized, had been embroiled in a two-year dispute over whether to put the dog to sleep.
Why was the dog a presumed threat? , which is an illegal dog in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland and banned in that country.
The BBC reported that once the council received confirmation that it was able to put the animal down, that council members began getting death threats about the proposal. According to the Huffington Post, Lennox inspired supporters and detractors on both sides of the Atlantic, with many online campaigns geared toward saving the animal.
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