The owner got to see his dog who is condemned to death

Translation by Heidi Burks and Michelle Otterstrøm Jensen
The owner of Thor was Monday allowed a visit with his condemned dog – the first visit in more
than 3 months.
Police district Fyn had stated that Thor would be euthanized Monday at 2:00 pm. According to
the police, the dog contains American Staffordshire terrier, which is a banned breed in
Denmark.

Thor was confiscated September 23rd, 2012, after a fight with a dachshund.
After the decision was made, to postpone the euthanasia, the owner, Leslie Jørgensen, was
allowed to see Thor.

Under big media attention, Leslie Jørgensen was led into the yard at Kennel Lykkegården in
Middelfart. Soon after, Thor was released into the yard to meet his owner.
After 3 months of separation, Thor seemingly found it a little difficult to recognize his
owner. After a few minutes, however, Leslie Jørgensen received a loving reception from his
dog.

Leslie Jørgensen states that: “He is just a sweet and loving dog, and I find it completely
unreasonable that he should be euthanized, based on a belief that he contains a banned breed”.
According to the Law on Canines, it is up to the owner to prove that his dog does not contain
any of the 13 banned breeds.

“We have had independent experts on this case, to evaluate the breed mix, and they don’t
believe that Thor contains any banned breeds. I can’t do more than that. Regardless, the
police can still euthanize my dog, because I don’t know his pedigree”, says Leslie Jørgensen.
Leslie has support from the association Fair Dog, who are fighting the Breed Selective
Legislation contained within the Law on Canines.

“Now we hope the court in Odense will have an independent expert evaluate Thor, so that we may
partially or fully determine whether Thor contains any of the banned breeds”, says Xenia
Zingenberg, attorney for Fair Dog.
Thor will stay at Kennel Lykkegården until such time that the courts reach a decision whether
to euthanize him.

Source: http://www.tv2fyn.dk/article/388888:Ejer-hilste-paa-doedsdoemt-hund

Ejer hilste på dødsdømt hund

Hunden Thors ejer fik mandag lov at hilse på sin dødsdømte hund for første gang i over tre måneder.

Fyns Politi havde ellers bebudet, at Thor skulle aflives mandag klokken 14, da politiet mener, at hunden er en Amstaff-blanding, som figurerer på listen over ulovlige hunderacer.
Hunden blev beslaglagt 23. september efter et slagsmål med en gravhund.
Efter beslutningen om at udskyde aflivningen fik ejeren Leslie Jørgensen i stedet lov at hilse på Thor.
Under stor pressebevågenhed blev Leslie Jørgensen lukket ind på dyreinternattet Lykkegården i Middelfart, hvor Thor efter et stykke tid kom ud til sin ejer i gården.

Gensynsglæde

Efter tre måneders adskillelse kunne Thor dog ikke umiddelbart kende sin ejer, men efter lidt tid fik Leslie Jørgensen en kærlig modtagelse af sin hund.
- Han er bare en sød og kærlig hund, og jeg synes det er helt urimligt, at han skal aflives fordi politiet tror han er en en ulovlig race, siger Leslie Jørgensen.
I følge hundeloven er det op til ejeren at bevise, at hunden ikke er en af de 14 ulovlige racer.
- Vi har haft uvildige eksperter på, og de mener ikke at Thor er en ulovlig race. Mere kan jeg ikke gøre, og så kan politiet bare aflive min hund blot fordi jeg ikke har en stamtavle, siger Leslie Jørgensen.
Leslie Jørgensen har fået opbakning fra foreningen Fair Dog, der kæmper mod hundeloven.
- Nu håber vi at Odense ret vil holde syn og skøn over Thor, så vi kan få fastslået racen helt eller delvist, og få klarlagt om den har nogle af de ulovlige racer i sig, siger jurist Xenia Zingenberg fra Fair Dog.
Thor skal blive på Lykkegården indtil retten i Odense har taget stilling til om hunden skal aflives.

note fra blogejer: det er 13 racer ikke 14 der er forbudte