Increase punishments and reduce leniency to those convicted of animal cruelty

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government needs to now start to take seriously the outrage and anger the majority of people feel when time and time again animal cruelty convictions only result in lenient and meaningless sentencing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-48584227
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44042900
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fox-cub-hunting-paul-oliver-hannah-rose-trial-sentence-animal-cruelty-a8953961.html
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/huntsman-who-fed-fox-cubs-16409781?fbclid=IwAR2eeyKpygEY-DAHsvTc7dwOTXIE0QLiR7XQ6z4sGVFFZI5BG19EK_gsES4

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because sentencing is the responsibility of the courts and not the UK Government or Parliament.

You might like to sign this petition instead, which calls for a law to be passed to increase the maximum sentence that the courts can give for animal cruelty:

Pass the bill for increase sentences
for animal cruelty

Timeline

11 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
9 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Jul 2019

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