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[News & Insights](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights) # Pit bull threatened with euthanasia: 'A dog is not garbage,' argues Anne-France Goldwater![21314301 1664336390277290 5606901589023355536 N 3](https://goldwaterdroit.com/_vercel/image?url=%2F_content-assets%2Fmedia%2F2019%2F2019-05-31-pitbull-menace-deuthanasie-un-chien-nest-pas-un-dechet-plaide-annefrance-goldwater%2Fimages%2F21314301_1664336390277290_5606901589023355536_n-3.png&w=640&q=75)**ICI Radio-Canada** 31 May 20191 min read [Media](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights?category=media) [ICI Radio-Canada](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1173026/pitbull-menace-%20euthanasie-goldwater-cour-appel-quebec-montreal-nord) Me Goldwater pleaded passionately before the Court of Appeal to save the life of a pit bull that had attacked several people in Montreal North the previous year. A judge had earlier ruled that the animal was dangerous and had to be euthanized, a decision Me Goldwater called cruel and unnecessary. "Why condemn an animal? A dog is not morally guilty of its actions; it's a dog, it's as simple as that, isn't it?" [**Previous Post**Anne-France Goldwater on air with Bernard Drainville](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2019/anne-france-goldwater-on-air-with-bernard-drainville) [**Next Post **Lawyers, how should you speak to the media?](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2019/lawyers-how-should-you-speak-to-the-media)