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Extend laws that protect domestic animals from abuse; to non-domestic animals.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Our good and honourable Governement have felt it fitting to vote against the inclusion of EU laws which recognise animals as sentient beings with a sophisticated central nervous system capable of experiencing sensation and emotion.
Leaving non-domestic animals in a perilously vulnerable position.
Leaving non-domestic animals in a perilously vulnerable position.
The ruling made in Nov 2017 fails to recognise the inconvenient truth that all mammals can experience pain and emotion. Failure to lawfully include agricultural animals means they are not truly protected from increasingly perverse abuse.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-government-vote-animal-sentience-cant-feel-pain-eu-withdrawal-bill-anti-science-tory-mps-a8065161.html?fbclid=IwAR09fJg7R_BRpQvBd7V_ssx6BMvLvZwOtXO9tzFj_lDHxKLsE0vqyVGu8BY
Together let’s ammend their incompetence.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-government-vote-animal-sentience-cant-feel-pain-eu-withdrawal-bill-anti-science-tory-mps-a8065161.html?fbclid=IwAR09fJg7R_BRpQvBd7V_ssx6BMvLvZwOtXO9tzFj_lDHxKLsE0vqyVGu8BY
Together let’s ammend their incompetence.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take specific action.
We understand that you would like non-domestic animals to have new protections against abuse, but we're not sure exactly what protections you would like to be extended to them.
This research note sets out the issues relating to the recognition of animal sentience in Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty and the debate as to whether it should have been recognised in the EU (Withdrawal) Act:
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8155/CBP-8155.pdf
You could start a new petition setting out clearly what changes you would like to be made to the law.
We understand that you would like non-domestic animals to have new protections against abuse, but we're not sure exactly what protections you would like to be extended to them.
This research note sets out the issues relating to the recognition of animal sentience in Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty and the debate as to whether it should have been recognised in the EU (Withdrawal) Act:
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8155/CBP-8155.pdf
You could start a new petition setting out clearly what changes you would like to be made to the law.
Timeline
| 24 Oct 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Nov 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Nov 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.