<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I know nothing more about poor Buddy than the rest of you - and I feel as sickened as every one of you - but I did just want to say one thing.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Just because Buddy's people aren't all over Facebook and the media, doesn't mean they were in any way culpable, or neglectful.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">As a journalist, I have had to talk to families who have had their children, husband, wives, sisters or brothers murdered. People react very differently.</div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">Some want to campaign, make public statements, share photographs of
their loved ones and others fall into a black hole of </font><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">despair</font><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"> and don't even want to talk to police. They just can't deal with it and their emotions just close down.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">It may also be the case the police are deliberately keeping the details of how he was taken secret as they think it will help their inquiry.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">Let us not be too quick to judge. And frankly, even
if their yard wasn't locked, or Buddy somehow got out by himself (most of us have had a dog go on an adventure at some point in our lives), he didn't deserve his end.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">Sally, with Rolph and Clara, UK</font></div></div></body></html>