Dog theft to be classed as kidnap and robbery, a family member.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

If found guilty of stealing a dog or puppy or planning to do so, it will be classed as criminal and kidnap, serve 10 years in prison per dog, it’s a family member and can cause life changing day to day things.

Because animals especially dogs are part of the family and people treat their pets as family members but also depend on them and the dogs depend on their owners. The law is not criminal and needs to be changed as this industry It’s going through the roof and criminals are profiteering from other people. We need to change this now as somebody is going to be murdered or seriously hurt

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:

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Increase minimum and maximum sentences for pet theft: Increase minimum and maximum sentences for pet theft

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Mar 2021

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