A law to make a hit and run after hitting a cat or dog with a vehicle illegal

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

After an incident that has happened in the past week, my cat has been unable to walk due to a hit and run incident with a car. No effort was made to contact the owners, a veterinary practice, RSPCA or even someone in the neighbourhood.

As a result of this incident and my cat being unable to return home for 3 days, he has sustained further injuries due to selfishness and carelessness of a particular road user, resulting in hundreds of pounds of vet bills.
This petition is to draw attention to this issue and prevent this from happening to other household pets and their owners.

Why it was rejected

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

Make it the law to stop for cats if hit by a vehicle

Drivers must already report a car accident involving a dog or other animals

https://www.gov.uk/report-dead-animal

Timeline

14 May 2019	Petition opened for signatures
13 Jun 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Jun 2019

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