Petition · past parliament

Make hit and runs on cats a criminal offence

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We all see so many Facebook posts and hear so many stories of people’s cats getting killed or left for dead at the side of the road with no one reporting anything and for the owners these pets are a part of the family, very much loved and it’s devastating to loose them.
I would like to see the law changed so collisions with cats have to be reported to the police and owners notified by scanning of the microchip.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

14 Sep 2018 Petition opened for signatures
20 Sep 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Sep 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.