Reclassify animals as "Living Property"

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Under the current laws within the United Kingdom, animals are classified as property. This means that an animal, in the eyes of the law, has the same physical meaning as a laptop or a car. This has often lead to cases where animals are forgotten in the system causing stress to owners and animals.

Unlike other properties, animals age while in care and can be affected in many different ways.
By reclassifying animals, better care can be provided before, during and at the end of cases to both animals and owners. This can reduce the workload involving animals and reduce costs that are needed to provide care for animals during this time.

This also gives the potential to create new laws and create harsher punishments towards offenders that involve an animal within a crime.

Why it was rejected

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

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure what you mean by classifying something as "living property".

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do, or you might like to sign and support this petition, which we think might be similar to your aims:

Recognise animal sentience & require that animal welfare has full regard in law

Timeline

20 May 2019	Petition opened for signatures
18 Jun 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Jun 2019

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