PETA UK’s Effort to Ban Staffordshire Bull Terrier Fizzles

by John M. Simpson

A recent proposal by People for the Ethical of Animals UK (PETA UK) to add the Staffordshire bull terrier (a/k/a “staffies”) to the list of dogs banned by the UK’s Dangerous Dog Act of 1991 met a dead end in Parliament on July 16.  The proposal had arisen in response to a legal review conducted by the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.  Once the PETA UK proposal surfaced, an e-petition campaign by owners and other supporters of the breed commenced, garnering nearly 180,000 signatures.  [Petition Summary.]   The petition called “on Parliament to save our staffies and not have them banned as dangerous dogs, because they are not.  People create dangerous dogs, people are the problem.”  Continue reading “PETA UK’s Effort to Ban Staffordshire Bull Terrier Fizzles”

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