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New Law on adoption and muzzling of greyhound dogs

Submitted by Amy-Jayne French on Friday 17th October 2025

Published on Friday 12th December 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Friday 12th June 2026

Current Signatures: 198
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Adoption ~ Dogging ~ Ensure ~ knowledge ~ Law ~ New law ~ New laws

Petition Action

New Law on adoption and muzzling of greyhound dogs

Petition Details

We call on the Government to introduce a new law to:

Additional Information

1.    Introduce a vetting process of people seeking to adopt or purchase greyhounds to ensure that they are competent to do so. Factors such as age, frailty, experience, and knowledge of the specific dog being adopted should be thoroughly assessed.
2.    Greyhounds should have to wear muzzles in public.


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