Update the Dog (fouling of land) act

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Police say they can't act to arrest a owner who persistentantly allows his dogs to defecate in a communal garden because it's not public. The local dog warden hasn't enough powers to stop it and the council hasn't acted in four months where I've shown dog faeces on a daily basis being left for days

I have videos of the dogs defecating the communal garden. Evidence that the council haven't acted. Emails showing delays in response despite raising health concerns. The police have even visited and requested that the faeces gets picked up but can't do more as its not covered under that act.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 has been repealed. We can only accept petitions which call for clear and specific action by the Government or Parliament.

Timeline

26 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
1 Aug 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Aug 2016

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