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Ensure the root cause of dog attacks is tackled and improve public safety!

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

The DDAct will continue to fail to protect the public from dog attacks until bad breeding practices are outlawed, licences enforced and breeders monitored. The trend for breeding dogs with overly strong physical characteristics without a care for their health and welfare or public safety must stop.
Despite current licensing laws unscrupulous breeders deliberately breed powerful dogs and knowingly sell the resultant offspring to unsuitable, abusive owners who use aversive training aimed at producing violent dogs to intimidate the public. If the dogs fail to be aggressive they are abandoned, put to sleep or end up in rescue where rehoming to the right owner with training they can make lovely pets. I urge the government to review current practices and put in place effective legislation now.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

14 Sep 2023 Petition opened for signatures
18 Sep 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Sep 2023

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