Petition · past parliament
Make it an offence to leave a dog unattended for 12 hours
Closed
112 signatures
What the petition asks
As a nation of dog lovers, I’m sure people would be horrified to discover that is allowed by law to leave a dog unattended to for 24 hours. This is a form of neglect and causes stress to the dog. Dogs need companionship, stimulation and be able to toilet suitably. Please help me in changing this.
As far as I am aware the laws on domestic pets have only changed once since 1911 and currently do not reflect the expected care of duty a responsible and caring dog owner would have for their family pet dog.
Timeline
| 11 Mar 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Sep 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
112
Status
Closed
Opened
11 Mar 2019
Closed
11 Sep 2019
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