Rejected petition Making dog on dog attacks illegal

I have seen many posts through friends and social media which show the damage a dog can do. Whether it be to a person or another dog, I believe a dog that will attack should be assessed immediately and relevant action taken. It should not be ignored just because it's 'only happened to a dog'.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It's not clear how you would like the law to be changed. If you would like the law to be changed to create a new criminal offence, which would apply to the owner or keeper of a dog if it attacks another dog, you could start a petition about that.

You can read about some of the existing offences here:

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/d_to_g/offences_involving_domestic_and_captive_animals/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 29 March 2016
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