Dear Laura Conover (@PimaCountyAtty),
My name is Brendan Jones, and this is Lucy. Ten years ago, Lucy saved my life during the war against ISIS. In return, I brought her home with me. While you may not be familiar with her story, millions of people around the world are.
We are writing to you today out of deep concern for a case in Pima County involving a family dog named Snuggles. Snuggles, an Anatolian Shepherd, has been placed on a court-ordered euthanasia list following an incident in which he bit a family member. At the time, the dog was agitated and acting to defend his home and family during a coyote incursion on the property. The entire family, including the individual who was bitten, is devastated by the possibility of losing him.
Snuggles is a large working breed traditionally used as a livestock guardian. At the time of the incident, he was an intact male who had not yet reached the appropriate age for neutering. I have personal experience with this breed, having used Anatolian Shepherds to protect my own flocks of sheep. It is well established that neutering intact males of this breed often produces a noticeable and positive change in temperament, reducing reactivity and certain aggressive behaviors.
Snuggles has now reached an age where neutering is both appropriate and recommended. I am confident that, once neutered, any concerns about future aggression would be substantially alleviated.
Before we consider raising additional public awareness about this case, we wanted to bring it directly to your attention in the hope that a reasonable resolution can be reached quietly and without unnecessary scrutiny. We respectfully ask that you personally review the matter. We believe common sense and compassion can still prevail here.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Very respectfully,
Brendan Jones and Lucy, “America’s Dog”
#AmericasDog
#SaveSnuggles
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Lucy is home & Brendan Jones is asking that we help Save Snuggles, who belongs to a veteran & his wife in Arizona. Please read this & get it around Twitter. The judge has ordered the dog be put down. Please retweet.
The shelter closed an hour ago. No Lucy today.
That means the county has now held her for at least a full week after I signed a deal I didn’t like, all because I convinced myself it was the fastest way to get her out.
Time was on my side. The prosecution’s case was becoming increasingly unpopular. Leaders of the Virginia GOP were reaching out. The dam was about to break. A little more time, I thought, and that popular outrage would be too much for the Commonwealth to keep pushing a case it should never have taken up in the first place.
But time wasn’t on Lucy’s side. She’s eleven years old. She had already been locked in that concrete kennel for seven long weeks. I had to get her out. That was the only thing that mattered.
It still hasn’t happened.
And tonight that leaves me sitting here, staring at the empty spot on the rug by the kitchen table where she should be curled up, wondering who the real enemy is in all this.
Is it the DA? No. Not personally. She’s just doing the job they pay her to do. She didn’t ask for this mess. In fact, she wrote the judge on Monday asking her to sign the order that would let Lucy come home.
Is it the neighbors? No. They’re not villains. They’re just sheep; mindless, easily spooked, moving in a mob that takes on the collective wisdom and virtue of its loudest, basest, and stupidest members. At the end of the day, they’re still sheep.
So who’s the wolf?
There isn’t one.
It’s something far worse than a wolf. It’s a Leviathan; a cold, sprawling tangle of laws and technicalities and a government that’s far too eager to shove its nose into places it was never invited. A machine that grinds slowly, impersonally, and without mercy, even when every human being involved knows the right thing to do.
That kind of enemy is the one diligent little sheepdogs like Lucy and Snuggles were never built to fight. Their loyalty, their courage, their sharp instincts - none of these things matter against paperwork and policy and the slow, soulless turning of bureaucratic gears.
And that’s what is on my mind as another day turns to night and Lucy remains in her cramped, little cell.
The real enemy is something that we have created by not being diligent guardians of our own government.
#SaveLucy
#SaveSnuggles
'You love your guns more than protecting the lives of innocent children.'
@AliMirajUK has a message from the heart for @JDVance, telling him to concentrate on issues in his own country rather than meddling in UK politics.
I'm British.
This was a tragedy. The police have been condemned for their part in it. The victim's father asked that it should not be used to promote hate, racism or any cause.
You, sir, are a rabble-rousing mangleweasel. Literally so, as the inflammatory words of you and others caused a violent riot.
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#APPEAL We are seeking help to locate two stolen miniature horses from #Edenbridge
Anyone with information should call us on 01622 604100, quoting reference 46/85133/25.
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28k posts? Now that's what I call trending.
@elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump, Lucy is the next Pnut, but her ending hasn't been written yet.
Bring the country together. #SaveLucy
Our petition is now past 3,800 names. Can we get this thing to 5,000? That would really show the groundswell of support we have to #SaveLucy.
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Before you type a single word of cynicism, remember exactly what today in Geneva is about.
50 illuminated screens. 50 children lost to online violence and cyberbullying.
This event is not about politics or personalities. It is about grief, survival and an urgent demand to protect young lives online.
Look at the lockscreens. Listen to the families. Show some humanity before you react.
#LostScreenMemorial #ChildSafetyOnline #Geneva