Dogsey

A campaign is up and running to try and stop the Gravesend News Shopper 'Shop a Dangerous Dog Campaign', which is offering a News Shopper mug to people who take photos of dangerous dogs and send them to the newspaper. This is just the tip of the iceberg; the rest of the campaign is as ludicrous and specifically targets Staffordshire Bull Terriers. Rescue kennels are already inundated with this breed.

Despite public outcry last week (and an alleged attack on a dog from someone trying to take a 'vicious photo') they have continued with the campaign this week. An email sent last week to Mr Keel, the writer of the article, received no response. Whilst the masses are in agreement that dog laws need to be amended, the campaign that the News Shopper in Gravesend is running is for 'shock tactics' and specifically targets Staffordshire Bull Terriers.

The campaign 'Stop the News Shopper Dangerous Dogs Campaign' is hoping to get enough online support to urge the local MP to request that the News Shopper retract their campaign. Battersea Dogs Home have written to the News Shoppers Letters Editor, stating that the newspaper is “fuelling the abuse and abandonment of a much-maligned breed (Staffordshire Bull Terrior) which does not deserve its negative reputation”.

The MP, Adam Holloway, can be contacted at:
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

By email:
hollowaya@parliament.uk

By phone:
House of Commons: 020 7219 8402
Gravesham: 01474 332097