Make the ‘Abandonment’ of DOGS a Criminal Offence, far too many being Dumped.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

A number times times a week so called Owners are tying or dumping them from Vehicles, it just does not make sense when there are Rescue Centres who will take them, some so called Humans treat them as a Throwaway item, these people would Not like it done to them, Dogs are Faithful to Humans.

Read about Puppies being Dumped in boxes, one dog trying to get back into a car and Running after it, they were seen throwing its bed out where it was sat in When rescued, some tied to lamp posts, no food or drink and why it Must be a Criminal Offence to try to Kerb this sad practice.

Please Support these Dogs.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because we are not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it a criminal offence to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal. This would include the types of abandonment you talk about in your petition.

You can find out more about the law on animal welfare here:

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CDP-2017-0109/CDP-2017-0109.pdf

You could start a new petition if you would like the law to be changed in a specific way.

Timeline

25 Dec 2018	Petition opened for signatures
9 Jan 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Jan 2019

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