Rejected petition Prosecute dog owners whose dogs attack other dogs

Please legislate against dogs which attack other animals and not only if they attack people. A dangerous dog needs to be removed from society and the owner held accountable.

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I have been attacked twice by dogs. Today my little dog was almost killed by a dog which had been left tied outside a shop. The attack was completely unprovoked and I have been left with a traumatised dog, large vet bill and the knowledge that absolutely nothing will be done to trace or make the owner accountable. This dog will attack another dog and I have no doubt a possible attack on a person or even worse a child.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions on whether to prosecute someone for an alleged offence are matters for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You might like to sign this petition which calls for a very similar action:

'Make it a specific criminal offence for a dog to attack another dog': https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/598977

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

Date submitted 11 December 2021
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