Petition · past parliament

Anyone convicted of animal cruelty should have a lifetime ban from owning pets.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Anyone who is successfully convicted in a court of law of any crime that involves the intentional cruel abuse of animals, should have an imediate lifetime ban from owning animals. This should be policed by an animal abusers public register that can be checked at any time by members of the public.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

18 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
28 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Feb 2017

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