End the use of horses for crowd control by police in the UK

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In light of recent events at London protests, it is clear that the use of horses by Police for crowd control purposes is dangerous and cruel. It is very distressing for the horses, charging at crowds of people only exacerbates the situation, and can cause injury to both police officers and crowds.

In London on 06/06/20 police rode into a protest on horses. A police officer was unseated from a horse as the horse charged past traffic lights which collided with the officer. The horse then ran loose through crowds of people which is highly dangerous and can result in injury or death, to both the horse and people. This is an archaic use of animals and it is time we left it in the past. Other protests went ahead across the UK without police mounted on horses, so it is not necessary.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Ban the use of horses in the police force: Ban the use of horses in the police force

Ban the use of horses for crowd control: Ban the use of horses for crowd control

Timeline

6 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
18 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Jun 2020

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