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Couple buy dog for $300
'$500,000 spent' to keep him alive
Ruling to determine his fateA GOLD Coast couple's six-year $500,000 fight to have their dog Tango classified as an American staffordshire terrier, rather than an American pit bull, has failed.
Kylie Chivers and John Mokomoko took on the Gold Coast City Council in the Supreme Court over the identification of Tango in a bid to keep him due to American pit bulls being a banned breed in the region, The Gold Coast Bulletin reports.However, Judge J Martin ruled today that Tango was an American pit bull. Under local council's by-laws the dog is now deemed dangerous and needs to be put down.
Death sentence for dog: Couple's $500k dog fight down the drain
Seeded on Tue Apr 6, 2010 5:08 AM EDT
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This is awful! If they want to ban the dogs (I still think it's ignorant) whatever. But don't put them to sleep. I hope someone throws a fit about this and gets it stopped.
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