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Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Require local authorities to make deceased animals available for inspection

Closed 486 signatures

What the petition asks

At the moment there isn’t anything stopping local councils from simply disposing of deceased unchipped animals that they collect. I would like to see a law where local organisations can visit council depots once a week to check deceased unchipped animals.
This way local organisations could use their databases to match and reunite deceased animals with their owners so not only closure can be brought, but a proper cremation/burial. Many owners never have closure. Their beloved pets are simply disposed of. This has to change. Unfortunately not all animals are chipped and so are tossed away like rubbish. Please change the law.

Timeline

15 Oct 2020 Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 486
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 15 Oct 2020
Closed 15 Apr 2021

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