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Petition update, 29 January 2008

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3000 people are injured by dogs every year. Many of these are babies and young children. Although there are currently 4 listed banned breeds of dogs, there is a trend for ownership of dogs that have more aggressive tendencies. Eg. Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Terrier, Rottweiller Mastifs etc. All dog breeds, if cared for and trained properly, can be very socialble, but these dogs (due to the history of their breeding) are more easily provoked to harm or attack. Thus such breeds need to be tighter controled or more stringent laws on ownership. A destroyed dog AFTER an attack is a too late for the victim and in no way helps families who loose babies or young children who are disfigured! ANY breed of dog can be dangerous if brought up incorrectly. In an ideal world, dogs would only be able to be owned by people who had a licence. And the only way someone could obtain a licence would be if they passed a test to show they would make competent owners.

Current signatories

Mark Pawley, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• C. Hughes
• M Peters
• nat gough
• Dave Bailes
• Andy mills
• hope
• M. Chance
• John Warnes (Broadland Greyhound & Whippet Club)
• mark alexander grant
• Paul Rigby
• Maria Gallart
• PAUL ANDERSON
• M Davidson
• Phil Maw
• Michael Leckey
• Paul Duncan
• graham brown
• Richard T
• amanda dunnett
• SARAH SPENCE
• Michael Dunnett
• barry jackson
• Sharon Summers
• David O'Donovan
• Moe Uber
• paul wheatley
• Sarah Hogan
• charlene murray
• Tom O'Boyle
• claudia mcloughlin
• Linda Kilpatrick
• Helen Jones
• neil mackenzie
• Brian Varney
• Tim Hoyle
• Ray Gregory
• christopher long
• Alex Sinclair
• g heaton
• Maurice Allain
• Terry Richards
• Morris Sinclair
• Amjad
• Mike Hill
• emma w
• Fiona Sinclair
• Stuart Sinclair
• Simon Hocking
• Nigel Nicholson
• kathleen Hayhoe
• Francesco Sciacca
• KAREN MURRAY
• Michael John Gosling
• S.R.Sutherland
• Micheal Gosling
• s davis
• c mears
• Jake Lewis
• lynsey jarvis
• angela phillips
• Christina Hough
• Laura O'Halloran
• Daniel J Coleman
• Matthew Edward Knight
• Shirley Kenway
• Derek Sigston
• david sagar
• Gina Benson
• Teresa Isherwood
• Dean Cracknell
• Catherine Pickup
• Mr CA Davies
• patrick anderson
• Mohammed S Abdul
• Rebecca Hudson
• Geraldine Baylis
• Nia Franklin
• Shireen Caals
• Dick King
• Gordon McCutcheon
• karen jukes
• Richard Guthrie
• Louiz Nielsen
• Tony Cozzolino
• Elizabeth Poulton
• jiblundell
• Joe Patrick
• K Young
• john webb
• Sarah Currey
• Jennifer Harvey
• Dom Chalk
• Rob Spiller
• Steven Binns
• Kevin Edge
• Brian Screaton
• Richard Monaghan
• samantha isted
• Richard SCHUNEMANN
• Rachael Ghroum
• Shani Moore
• Leslie Hughes
• Anne Pickles
• Kirsty Bagan
• Leanne Bell
• Daniel Seaton
• sharron lloyd
• A Bostock
• N Wilson
• Antony Brett
• Andrew Barrett
• Matthew Provost
• Ken Watson
• Russell King
• Catherine Sanson
• David Boniface
• M N Robinson
• Andy Hayler
• Chris Clare
• Ron Barnshaw
• Nicholas Cheung
• Kymberlee Hardwick
• John Davies
• Kirsty McKeown
• peter snowdon
• Steven Cooke
• Ederyn Williams
• Joy Kerr
• Richard Houghton
• Jeff Rhys
• Alan Davies
• Neil Greenough
• Tracey Butler
• alison entwistle
• Maria Darrer
• John Ramsden
• Diane Gallagher
• Sherrie Palmer
• ANN-MARIE BEAUMONT
• Alice Ruth Bean
• Gordon Gregory Owner of 2 gentle fila brasileiros
• John Hallam
• I Lindsay
• Margaret King
• Carol M. Heale
• Amanda Newhouse
• Sian Shore
• JENNIFER FINNEY
• erica cowan
• val nisbet
• John Read
• m cope
• lewis harrison
• fred field
• Steve Smedley
• Sallie Crain
• Michael Green
• Rick Rowland
• keith marwood
• victoria elliott
• Dinesh Patel
• Daniel Hart
• Katie Vassallo
• lucy vassallo
• samantha hart
• gary rook
• jade Findley
• Claire Braybrook
• ANGELA MCCONNELL
• bianca deacy
• James Agnini
• Jackie Silburn
• Stephen Smith
• Jason Gairn
• Nicki Stevenson
• susie bicknell
• Dave Thomas
• Kate Harding
• karen zelli
• heather woods
• james mcgee
• Daniel Gaunt
• Sally Smith
• Malcolm Isaac
• Helena Gardner
• liz darcy
• John Heard
• Susan Westlake
• D'reen Walker
• Sati Chahal
• David Currey
• Kajsa Cowne
• Ivor Davies
• Derek Hill
• Julia Dandy
• colin short
• susan thornhill
• Corrina Yeo
• Leigh Robinson
• Derek R Allum
• Martin Short
• P Morley
• e banks
• Tracie Davies (RESPONSIBLE BULL TERRIER OWNER)
• Kim Trill
• Linda Dorman
• P Childs
• Edward Bull
• Amanda Barlow (dog attack victim)
• N.A. Hurst
• Mrs Ogden-Booth
• Theo Theodorou
• s bottom
• s coltart my 2 year was attacked by rottie
• G brown
• Kathy Flitton
• D M Hodges
• Lorraine Wilson
• Stuart Leather
• Geoffrey May
• PETER HOWARD
• Jane Alexander