Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Increase rights to protect property such as racing pigeons from wild birds
Closed
2,721 signatures
What the petition asks
At present there are significant legal restrictions on how people can protect their property from wild birds. This is a particular issue for pigeon fanciers, whose flocks can be attacked by birds of prey.
Laws around the protection of wild birds should be changed to allow people to take greater action in relation to wild birds that are causing problems, such as damaging property and attacking other animals, including being able to catch and relocate or dispose of the wild birds.
Timeline
| 8 Jun 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Dec 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,721
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
8 Jun 2020
Closed
8 Dec 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.