Please sign this Government Petition HERE
The XL Bully Ban applies to a 'type' of dog - affecting many dogs in rescue and rehoming organisations.
Dogs identified as being a XL Bully Type must be rehomed by 31st December 2023 or put to death, placing enormous pressure and heart-breaking situations on all those who care for them.
Petition Text:
Delay the ban on rehoming and owning XL Bully dogs for 18 months
XL Bully dogs cannot be rehomed after 31/12/23, and will be illegal to own without an exemption certificate from 1/2/24. As a result many Bully dogs are being abandoned or placed in rescue. We want more time for owners to rehome or get exemptions, to avoid dogs being euthanised unnecessarily.
The dogs in rescue are not there through choice. They are there due to abusive owners or neglectful owners, or because the implications of the ban have forced people to choose between their home and their beloved dog. These dogs do not deserve to die and these dogs do not deserve to live out the last 2 months of their lives in kennels. If you extend the amnesty period for them 18 months they may be able to get exemption certificates and find forever homes. They are sentient beings.
