Updated On: 08 October, 2018 07:36 AM IST | London | AFP
The gathering drew EU-flag waving politicians, actors and activists -- all accompanied by their four-legged friends and united in their opposition to Britain's departure from the EU

Dog owners and their pets participating in a pro-EU, anti-Brexit march towards the Houses of Parliament, calling for a 'People's Vote on Brexit', in central London. Pic/AFP
With tails wagging and raucous barking, hundreds of dogs and their owners rallied in London on Sunday to howl for a new people's vote on Brexit, in what organisers dubbed a "wooferendum march". The gathering drew EU-flag waving politicians, actors and activists -- all accompanied by their four-legged friends and united in their opposition to Britain's departure from the EU. "In a campaign, use whatever you can that helps," Alastair Campbell, a former Labour government spokesman, told AFP alongside his five-month-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Skye.
"Today's showing that this country just isn't uniting around any vision for Brexit and it's one way of fighting," he said. The dog parade -- which attracted everything from Corgies and beagles to huskies and a giant Leonberger -- took place two weeks before a larger pro-referendum rally, set to be attended mostly by humans, planned for October 20. British Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out a new Brexit referendum, saying it would betray the result of the 2016 vote and destroy trust in politicians. But politicians from all parties have joined a growing movement for Britons to have the chance to say whether they have changed their minds.