Submitted on Wednesday 29th September 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 5th October 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Establish a way to report, monitor and locate the whereabouts of dangerous dogs
Currently there is no system in place to report 'dog on dog' attacks. Only if the dog turns on a person is it then considered a criminal offence and you are able to report it to the Police.
A system needs to be put in place to monitor and locate the whereabouts of ALL dangerous dogs.
I recently had to wrestle with a German Shepherd to save my dog. Luckily he's OK. However, there are more and more cases in my local area (Teesside) where others haven't been as fortunate and I'd be very surprised to hear that there weren't similar cases spread across the country.
A public platform needs to be established to pinpoint the location of ALL dangerous dogs, not just canines which have attacked a person.
Please consider that this may prevent further dog attacks on the public too.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about dangerous dogs, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
It is already possible for people to report a dog and their owner to the police, or to a council's dog warden service: www.gov.uk/control-dog-public/report-a-dog
Deciding what action to take in relation to a report is a matter for the police and individual local authorities.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to make allowing a dog to attack another dog a specific criminal offence, if that's something you would like to happen.
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