This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition The public must own a licence to own certain dog breeds.
I would like an enforcement of the public to have a licence to own certain dog breeds. Dog attacks are on the rise year after year and the breed is not the problem but bad owners, to obtain a licence you must prove you are capable of handling such breeds.
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I want to have licencing come into effect because deaths are on the rise, many of them children, I don't want to see a breed be banned because there are irresponsible owners but I would like the Government to recognise and take the opportunity to education the public rather than creating fear for certain breeds.
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.
We understand you want people to be required to hold a licence if they wish to own 'certain dog breeds', however it's not clear which breeds you want this to apply to.
You could have a petition calling for owners to be required to obtain a licence in order to own specific dog breeds, so long as it was clear which breeds these were.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.