Increase maximum prison sentence for Animal Cruelty & add mandatory registration

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Increase maximum prison sentence for Animal Cruelty from 6 months to at least three years. Add mandatory registration to an animal abuser list that must be referenced when anyone purchases a new animal.

Punishments for animal abuse are woefully inadequate and barely act as a deterrent. Many abusers who have killed or attempted to kill pets are allowed to own more animals within 5 years. The low fines and almost never implemented prison time is ineffective both as a deterrent and at protecting animals.

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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Timeline

10 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
16 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Apr 2021

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