Petition · past parliament

Give Animals more rights in Courts.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Make the Courts see our Pet's as Living Breathing Creatures and not a piece of furniture.
Give Justice to those Animals and give longer Jail sentences to the Abusers!

Every day we see stories of Animals being Abused or killed but our Courts do nothing to stop this.

Give our pets the same rights as people because at the moment they are only seen as objects and not living breathing creatures.

Please sign this Petition so the Animals that have been Tortured, Abused and Killed get Justice.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what action you would like Parliament to take. If you would like the law to be changed, to give animals more legal rights, you could start a petition calling for the specific change to the law that you would like to see.

Timeline

27 Apr 2016 Petition opened for signatures
1 May 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 May 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.