Petition · past parliament
Add Cats to the Road Traffic Act 1988 for hitting animals with cars.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Cats need to be protected under the road traffic act 1988. Cats are property of the owner and should be equal to dogs, horse and cattle. They need protection regardless and should have been on that list from the start.
Because people dont care and that it is fundamentally wrong to not treat all pets equally be it a dog, cat, horse, guinea pig. All pets are equal but cats should have been protected by the rpad trafgic act 1988 to make it illegal to hit and run a cat or hit one and npt report it. The fact its not already is absolutely disgusting.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.