The Brands Hatch branch of Battersea Dogs Home has several Staffordshire bull terrier-type animals, some of them transferred from its London base and others rounded up in Kent.

BBC: Battersea call to cut 'status dog' numbers

Put simply, there are generally no underlying exports, jobs or people-to-people contact of the type that leads to substantial lobbying on Capitol Hill and within the Executive Branch by influential members of the business community.

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