Lennox was originally picked up by a Belfast Cit Council dog warden on May 19, 2010. When officers called to the home of Barnes to check the dog licence, it was noted to be acting aggressively. As a result it was assumed the dog was a pit bull, a breed of dog which is banned in Northern Ireland. However the owners maintain he is an American Bull dog Labrador cross.

The dog remains in a secret hiding place, for fears he may be kidnapped and has been ordered to be put to death by lethal injection on October 14.The artwork for this summer's Catch the Reading Bug! reading program is by the terrificÂ illustrator Harry Bliss.Â Harry did the artwork on our folders, posters, stickers, bookmarks, bookbags, and
t-shirts.Â HeÂ is perhaps best known as the illustrator of the popular "diary" series of picture books by Doreen Cronin, including Diary ofÂ a Worm, Diary of a Spider, and Diary ofÂ a Fly.Â He seems to have a thing for bugs!
Harry grew up in a family of painters and illustrators in upstate New York.
He studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and illustration at the University of the Arts and Syracuse University.Â Along with illustrating children's books, Harry has done numerous book covers and contributed cartoons and cover art for the New Yorker magazine.Â Other children'sÂ