Dogs are not inanimate objects

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 20 Feb 2020
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 1 Oct 2020
   Public Petitions Committee

   Continued Petitions
   1 mention

1. Scotland383 84.4%
2. United Kingdom58 12.8%
3. England6 1.3%
4. United States2 0.4%
5. Australia1 0.2%
6. Wales1 0.2%
7. Jersey1 0.2%
8. Ireland1 0.2%
9. India1 0.2%

1. Evelyn Clark 6 Dec 2019
   Dogs are man's best friend especially to service dogs, the lonely and vulnerable and need to be protected from cruelty
2. Lynne Bevilacaqua 6 Dec 2019
   Look at animal welfare and I will vote SNP at the election. How can an SNP candidate not know about Lucy's Law?
3. Lynne Bevilacqua 6 Dec 2019
   stop puppy farming in Scotland
4. James Bradie 6 Dec 2019
   I wont the punishment for steeling dogs to be the same as taking a child..
5. Lynn Brown 6 Dec 2019
   If anyone stole my dogs it would break me. They are the children I didn't have. People who steal dogs should suffer a severe penalty. It is cruel and devastating for families. Material objects can be replaced but your dog can't.
6. Victoria Straine 7 Dec 2019
   Animals are sentient beings and deserve to be treated as such.
7. Anne Peck 7 Dec 2019
   Anyone who has a fog or like myself dogs as pets would be distraught at someone stealing their pet. Dogs as pets are part of families, lived and cherished and looked after. They also help with mental health issues and children grow up loving and being able to care for their pet in the right way. Stealing a dog from a family to me is like stealing a child and something should be done with regards the law about how this horrible crime is dealt with.
8. Jayne Dalgleish 7 Dec 2019
   Animals are warm blooded not inanimate objects
9. MISS CLARE BOWNESS 7 Dec 2019
   people that harm animals should be jailed.
10. Dominika Torka 7 Dec 2019
    Animals are the part of our families. Please share
11. Silly Grant 7 Dec 2019
    Animals have souls
12. John Morrison 8 Dec 2019
    The emergency services rely on dogs to help in their jobs. We use them as service dogs and as therapy dogs. Its ludicrous that these wonderful animals are still classified as inanimate objects. The law needs to change asap.
13. Margaret Rooney 8 Dec 2019
    We must treat dog cruelty and theft more harshly. Let the punishment fit the crime.
14. Margaret wilson 8 Dec 2019
    Most are family members, how brokenhearted when they are gone
15. Leslie Bartch 8 Dec 2019
    BDogs are companions, carers ,workers on farms, for police and many other jobs.
16. Tilly Forrest 9 Dec 2019
    I love dogs!
17. Kyle Metcalf 9 Dec 2019
    Dogs all the way
18. Marie Anderson from Leith 10 Dec 2019
    Currently there is new bills passed in Parliament giving sentencing that came into effect to protect animals against animal cruelty. Therefore these sections in law should apply in instances of dog theft as the classification comes under animal cruelty. Dogs snatched from their owners can become distressed by separation anxiety from owners. Dogs are intelligent animals which are very therapeutic in reducing anxiety in their owners and extended family circle. The same applies to the dogs. Talking from experience, the lovely lady who created this petition gifted me her husky Stealth 3 years ago and in doing so has helped to reduce anxiety, isolation and disability from defamation suffered in custody battles. On a wider scale, dogs help the elderly out of isolation in troublesome climates, including maintaining balance. Dogs have feelings and a body. They understand more than we bargain for. Any living person, animal, mammel so forth by fact is not classified an object when taught to children in schools. Dogs do valuable working support such as farming, rounding the sheep in. Security measure by barking alert. Dogs are trained life humans do help people without arms or legs the assisting in pulling door handles, pressing buzzers, holding bags in their jaw, picking up items whilst shopping with owner. Dogs are great for visiting hospitals and care homes for therapy to the sickly. Specially trained army and police dogs are trained to sniff out unstable behaviour in people, drugs and hidden explosives. They can rescue people or other animals from ruble, fires and tight situations. Dogs aid blind, deaf and those with speech impairment. Dogs can sniff somebody's breath to know when a person is ill. Having a dog could possibly prevent crimes by keeping offenders out of trouble provided they maintain care of their dog. By art definition an object is non edible, chemical or manufactured. An object is not classified as a living specification whereas in our conclusion a dog is
19. Elizabeth Robertson 10 Dec 2019
    About time
20. Linda berry 12 Dec 2019
    We petition the fact that you class our dogs as inanimate objects.
21. Angel Goldie 12 Dec 2019
    Yes dogs and cats needs law protection ..if stolen ...the law uses k9 so why they are classified as Inanimate object ....they serve the public they have the right to be protected .....
22. denise hooper 17 Dec 2019
    animals are sentient. their ability to empathise it outstanding
23. Judith Richardson 17 Jan 2020
    You only need to look into there eyes
24. Linda Finnie 18 Jan 2020
    My dog is part of my family..
    Not just an object !
25. Danna Quinn 18 Jan 2020
    The quicker this is passed the better for our fur babies
26. Jackie cruickshanks 18 Jan 2020
    Dogs are not objects and have rights too
27. Fiona Riddoch 18 Jan 2020
    There are living,breathing beings and clearly not inanimate.They desperately need protection from human beings who seek to do them them harm.
28. Lezlie Fergus 19 Jan 2020
    I would rather be with an animal than a human. The world would be in an even sorrier state without them. Respect where it is due.