An online petition in the hope of reversing a judge’s decision to put down a Jack Russell in Roscommon has gathered over 133,000 signatures. The dog was ordered to be put to sleep after biting a woman.
Owner Donal Rogers claimed the woman refused to travel with him after he offered to bring her to a hospital before was brought by a neighbour after the incident where her wound was treated.
Rogers, a retired Garda, subsequently received a court summons and it was ruled that Kim be put to sleep. In a letter pleading to the woman that has since gone viral, Rogers said that his two dogs are an immense comfort to him before adding, “I don’t know how I’d cope without Kim.”
