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

Extend the Animal Welfare Act to protect all animals including invertebrates

Closed 251 signatures

What the petition asks

The Animal Welfare Act must be extended to protect all animals, including invertebrates, from unnecessary confinement, suffering, and death. There are many examples where the current legislation falls short including animals used, abused, and killed in the name of entertainment, and sport.
In 2020, the Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019 came in to force in England. A step forward. However, animals are still subject to suffering, injury, and death for entertainment, and sport. Examples include TV shows such as I'm A Celeb, or Ed Stafford: Last Man Out which feature animal suffering, and violent deaths.

Timeline

10 Dec 2020 Petition opened for signatures
10 Jun 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 251
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 10 Dec 2020
Closed 10 Jun 2021

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