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Give a 5 year minimum jail term if convicted of setting up/attending dog fights
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2,253 signatures
What the petition asks
A violent and savage example of man manipulating nature to fulfil his own curious bloodlust, dog fighting is rightly banned nearly everywhere in the world. Dog fighting has far from disappeared, in fact it’s a hobby that is distressingly alive and well and appears to be on the increase!
Dogs forced into fighting suffer terrible injuries, both from the fights and at the hands of their vicious owners. Death, blood and violence is a par for the course in the dog fighting world, compassion or conscience for the ‘losing’ dog is not an issue the average dog-fighter will concern themselves with.
In order to offer a sufficient deterrent I ask that those convicted of arranging/attending dog fights are to be given a mandatory custodial sentence of a minimum 5 years.
In order to offer a sufficient deterrent I ask that those convicted of arranging/attending dog fights are to be given a mandatory custodial sentence of a minimum 5 years.
Timeline
| 24 Jan 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,253
Status
Closed
Opened
24 Jan 2017
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.