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Story summary
- Critics call for Lee Cox, the 2026 Crufts Best in Show winner, to be stripped of the title after his 2001 conviction for causing unnecessary suffering to a cocker spaniel.
- A petition has gathered more than 15,000 signatures urging the Royal Kennel Club to enforce a lifetime ban.
- The Royal Kennel Club says the incident was isolated.
- Critics argue that allowing him to keep the title undermines Crufts' integrity.
