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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Hold irresponsible owners accountable and don't ban the American XL bully

With the UK in frenzy about the recent attack by an XL bully and now wanting to ban the breed why don't we look at the real monsters which are the irresponsible owners who don't train a dog properly. It isn't just XL bully's it's any dog, any dog can bite. So blame the bad owners and not the breed

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Not to ban the breed but to take the irresponsible owners and make them accountable

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Bad owners are to blame not the breed - don't ban the XL bully: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/643611

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