Tyson, an old 'pit bull' registered under the draconian Dangerous Dogs Act
legislation has been sentenced to death by the Courts.

What was his crime? Well he hasn't actually done anything wrong, but his
muzzle wasn't on him and the Act requires that registered dogs must be
muzzled at all times when in a public place.

Tyson's case was heard initially at West London Magistrates Court and has
painstakingly worked its way to the High Court in London, but regardless as
to what you and I see at just plain common sense, the death sentence has
been ordered and Tyson must now die.

Will we now all feel a lot safer in our beds tonight with the knowledge that
the streets are a safer place? - I think not!

Yet again, the Act which is supposed to protect the public, makes no sense
at all, what is the point when you throw the full weight of law against one
old dog?

Why spend colossal amounts of public money and waste endless man hours just
to secure the death of an old dog who didn't have his muzzle put on, where
is the justice in this?

Many cases have been highly publicised over the years, showing the
inadequacies of the legislation, the Act was amended in 1997 but the
Amendments obviously didn't go far enough, the Act has once again reared its
ugly head and proved that the machinery to promote misery and deliver
injustice after injustice is still very much intact.

Every veterinary surgeon in the country should, on a matter of principle and
in line with their sworn oath, refuse to administer the fatal injection and
decline to participate in the destruction of a wanted healthy
companion-against the owner's wishes.

Home Secretary Charles Clarke has the powers to intervene, Tyson should be
pardoned and allowed to live out the rest of his life in peace.

The DDA needs to be urgently reviewed and changes made to prevent these
miscarriages of justice from arising in the first place. Its present format
is nothing short of a complete shambles and it should be made obsolete and
replaced.

Tyson is locked away somewhere awaiting his fate, he will no doubt lick the
hands of his executioner, like those who have before him, expecting he is
going home, condemned due to his breed and nothing else, speak out for him
today and make you opinions known:

Write to your MP at:

The House of Commons
Westminster
London SW1A OAA