Repeal the decision to exclude "Animal Sentience" in the EU withdrawal bill

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

As part of discussing what policies and laws to continue or change in the Brexit decision, MP's in the UK have voted to EXCLUDE the "animal sentience" clause. This could have massive repurcussions in animal welfare in the UK and there is clearly researched evidence that animals are sentient.

http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/3/3/882 Searching for Animal Sentience: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature
Helen S. Proctor * , Gemma Carder and Amelia R. Cornish

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21086041/
Are fish the victims of 'speciesism'? A discussion about fear, pain and animal consciousness.
Cottee SY. Fish Physiol Biochem. 2012.

Why it was rejected

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

Pass legislation making animals legally "Sentient Beings" in UK law.

Timeline

20 Nov 2017	Petition opened for signatures
23 Nov 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Nov 2017

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