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Abolish the 'Dangerous Dogs Act 1991'

Closed 399 signatures

What the petition asks

Everyday innocent dogs around the UK are dragged from their homes, stuffed into kennel's with other petrified dogs away form their owners and are 'destroyed'. A large number of these dogs are just puppies and have never shown any signs of aggression. They are dying due to breed discrimination.
Its about time we started to realise that no dogs are dangerous, only owners. We have known this for centuries yet we still allow criminals to breed these types of animals excluded within the Dangerous Dogs Act and we have almost zero accountability over our pet owners within the United Kingdom.

We must propose a new system in which owners/breeders are held accountable for their animal no matter what breed and encourage education rather than destruction with this issue.

Timeline

13 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
13 Jan 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 399
Status Closed
Opened 13 Jul 2016
Closed 13 Jan 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.