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Petition · past parliament

Make a cure for myxomatosis, affecting our rabbit and hare population.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

It appeared in Britain 1953. It quickly spread to both wild and domestic rabbit populations and within a few years had spread throughout Europe. Myxomatosis has been a threat to wild and domestic rabbits ever since. It's now been reported to have spread to our hare population.
David Wembridge, Peoples Trust for Endangered Species Survey Officer, warned that if Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) or Myxomatosis spreads to non-resistant hares for the first time, the animals could be virtually eradicated in a couple of years. Inadvertently resulted in the deaths of 99 percent of the rabbit population only three years later.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/hares-dying-mysteriously-amid-fears-myxomatosis-has-jumped-rabbits/amp/

Why it was rejected

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

Stop Myxomatosis killing wild Rabbits by developing a lifetime vaccine

Timeline

13 Oct 2018 Petition opened for signatures
22 Oct 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Oct 2018

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