Ban sales of dogs on classified sites Facebook, pets4homes, preloved, gumtree.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Ban the sale of dogs on classified sites such as pets homes, preloved, gumtree which are feeding the increase of dog theft by organised criminals, illegal breeding and baiting dogs.
Dogs should only be sold on by registered breeders or through rehoming centre charities.

Dogs are now high value kidnap targets with criminals now switching from drug dealing to dog theft due to the high values. Dogs can be easily stolen and moved on through these classified sites with no checks, paperwork, ID checks or policing by criminal gangs. This needs to stop as owners are being targeted and assaulted. Owners are now arming themselves to combat this and it is a matter of time before someone is killed.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for similar actions:

Introduce a National Pet Exchange Register: Introduce a National Pet Exchange Register

Require a licence for the sale of pet animals in any circumstance: Require a licence for the sale of pet animals in any circumstance

We think the requests of these petitions address the ask of your petition.

Timeline

3 Feb 2021	Petition opened for signatures
3 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Mar 2021

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