Petition · past parliament
Increase the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty to 10 years.
Closed
403 signatures
What the petition asks
Sadly humans are not treated the same as other animals. This is completely wrong and this must be changed. So changing the prison sentence to 10 years will start to give all animals the rights they need.
Right now the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty is 6 months. There are plans to increase it to 5 years. This doesn’t go far enough, it needs to be 10 years.
Timeline
| 9 Nov 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 May 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
403
Status
Closed
Opened
9 Nov 2017
Closed
9 May 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.