A legal requirement that you have to stop and report any car accident with a Cat

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Below are the requirements by law when hitting an animal. Why are cats not included in this?

We suggest adding cats to this list.

"Report a car accident with an animal. You must stop and report the accident to the police if you hit any:

dogs
horses
cattle, eg cows
pigs
goats...(etc)"

Finding your beloved pet abandoned and dead because someone has hit it and "couldn't be bothered to tell you" is frankly, wrong.

The majority of cats are microchipped, owners would much rather know someone has hit a cat for several reasons:

1.It saves the owner's or passerby's emotional cost of finding it with no prior knowledge; thinking "no one cares".

2. It potentially will save cat's lives when they are hit and injured and left to die by non-stopping cars.

3. It's the right thing to do.

Why it was rejected

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

Having knocked over a cat, the driver must legally stop to help/trace the owner

Timeline

11 Oct 2017	Petition opened for signatures
12 Oct 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Oct 2017

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