Fine people caught feeding random horses or pay for damages i.e vet bills

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Enforce fine on those caught feeding random horses in fields.

Too make horses are dieing of laminitis, colic and choke due to passers by feeding them..costing the horses life and or huge vet bills

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We understand you want people to be fined for feeding horses without permission, however there is currently no specific law in place which explicitly bans the feeding of horses by the general public, meaning no such fine could currently be levied under UK law.

There are 'by-laws' in place in a number of national parks which allow for fines to be levied against anyone found to be feeding horses without permission, however enforcing those fines would be a matter for the relevant National Park Authority (NPA), not the UK Government or Parliament. You can find out more about National Parks here: https://www.nationalparksengland.org.uk/home/how-we-work.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a very similar action: Make feeding horses/ponies and livestock a specific criminal offence

Timeline

22 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
28 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Apr 2021

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