This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Change if someone kills a dog from criminal damage to murder
Change the law of a killing of a dog from someone else from crimal damage to something more dogs are not property dogs are family
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Because it a killing of a dog a family member and it should not be convicted of something more than crimal damage
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