Rambo to be reunited with owner...for now...

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April 9, 2008 01:20 PM - After 111 days behind bars, Rambo will finally get to see his owner again.

Dog owner Gabriela Nowakowska was informed today by Ward 6 Councillor Carolyn Parrish that the City has had a charge of heart and that she will be permitted to visit Rambo at the Mississauga Animal Control shelter.

The now 13-month-old puppy has been held at the shelter since he escaped from Nowakowska’s back yard through an open fence gate on Christmas Day. He was seized because he was classified as a pit bull. Nowakowska faces charges of ownership of a prohibited animal.

Pending the trial, which has been put off several times, shelter officials said that it would be too stressful on the dog to see his owner.

Nowakowska said she’s arranging to have her long-awaited reunion with Rambo for Monday.

Meanwhile, Parrish is trying to put a process in place to allow family visits to incarcerated pets.

Rambo was born after a province-wide ban on new pit bulls took effect Aug. 29, 2005. By law, the City must put the dog down if he’s found to be a pit bull, and not just a pit bull look-alike.

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[bullymommy25]

Are these people serious!!! Why can't she just move or have an out of town rescue get the dog??? You know what, there should be a HUMAN ban in effect, for cruel jerks like this!

Have any rescues appealed to these cold hearted city officials?

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Apr 17, 2008 04:30 AM
Robyn Doolittle
Staff Reporter

It looks like Rambo will be saved.

Whether the dog is proven to be a pit bull or not, he likely won't be killed. In fact, in a worst-case scenario, the year-old pup will be sent out of the province

This is thanks to a motion passed at a Mississauga general committee meeting yesterday, which will change the city's pit bull policy. It will go before council next week. The motion would provide a second option for dealing with the outlawed breed. Under the new legislation, pit bulls would undergo an exam to see if they have a good temperament.

If they pass, the dog can be sent out of province.

"This means if Rambo does lose in court, he won't die," said Ward 6 city councillor Carolyn Parrish, who put forward the motion. "But hopefully it will (be shown) he's not a pit bull. The longer he's kept with Animal Services, the taller he grows and his muzzle's elongating. That's not typical of a pit bull."

Rambo was picked up on Christmas Day, when the year-old puppy escaped from his family's home after a gate was mistakenly left open. Someone filed a complaint with Animal Control and Rambo's owner, Gabriela Nowakowska, was charged with having an illegal dog.