Petition · past parliament
The government must treat animals as sentient beings
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
European law says animals are recognised as sentient beings. The animal welfare act acknowledging their ability to feel pain, suffer and also experience joy. If the law is changed this would be disastrous for the animal welfare act and animals would suffer.
Animals feel pain, they suffer, they experience joy and sadness just like a human does and this is enshrined in European law. Securing this status for animals was a massive step forward for animal welfare in 97. We can not allow anImals to be treated any different because we are leaving the EU. MPs have voted that animals do not feel pain http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-bill-latest-animal-sentience-cannot-feel-pain-emotion-vote-mps-agree-eu-withdrawal-bill-a8064676.html.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 21 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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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.