Petition · past parliament

Make it the law to report a cat being hit and left in the road

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

At present it is not the law to report a hit and run on killing a cat on the road and leaving it, as it is not included in the road traffic act, let's get this changed!
At present it is not illegal to report a cat left in the road in a hit and run, as it is not included in the Road Traffic Act

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

7 Jun 2019 Petition opened for signatures
19 Jun 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Jun 2019

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