🐾 Luna’s Law: Protect Disabled People and Their Assistance Dogs Under UK Law
Thousands of disabled individuals across the UK rely on assistance dogs for independence, safety, and emotional wellbeing. These dogs are legally protected under the Equality Act 2010 — yet too many handlers still face rejection, discrimination, and traumatic separation.

I’m Philip Young, a UK-based assistance dog handler and disability rights advocate. My dog Luna wasn’t just a companion — she was my lifeline. Luna helped me manage both visible and invisible disabilities, offering stability, peace, and protection when public systems failed to.

But despite her legal status as a support dog, I was:

Denied access to transport, housing, and public services
Refused reasonable adjustments by police, probation, and frontline staff
Recalled to prison simply because I refused to be separated from Luna
Punished and criminalised for asserting my lawful rights
Left emotionally and psychologically traumatised after separation — with no safeguards in place
“Assistance dogs should not be separated from their owner.” — Equality and Human Rights Commission
Luna passed away four months ago. But her legacy lives on.

I promised Luna that her story would make a difference — that she would open doors for others, even as she faced barriers herself. Luna’s Law is that promise: a campaign to ensure assistance dog handlers are treated not as exceptions, but as equals.

We’re calling on UK Parliament, the Ministry of Justice, and all relevant agencies to:

✅ Guarantee legal protection for handlers and their assistance dogs during arrest, recall, and detention ✅ Introduce national safeguarding policies for dog welfare when handlers are detained ✅ Mandate disability training across police, probation, and public services ✅ Hold authorities accountable for violating the Equality Act

Luna didn’t just help me survive — she inspired me to fight. And now, her name stands for change. If you believe in dignity, lawful treatment, and justice for disabled people, please sign and share this petition.

Let Luna’s legacy live in the law. 🐾