Increase a prison sentence on cruelty to animals to be longer than 12 months

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

I believe that the current punishment for offences or crimes against animals is too lenient and the law should be changed. As humans we have the human rights act to protect us, why should any animals life be differently?

I've recently been seeing a great deal of animal abuse stories on social media, whether true or not we know it goes on. I know people feel the same as I do with comments that have been made, yet nothing has happened. Let's stand up and make a change to help put a stop to this!

Why it was rejected

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

Increase maximum sentencing for animal cruelty from 6 months.

Timeline

1 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
11 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Mar 2017

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