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

Ban tethered housing systems for cattle

Closed 70 signatures

What the petition asks

Although uncommon, it is still legal to use tethered housing systems for cattle in the UK. We believe tie-stalls & tie-sheds are unsuitable for intelligent, sensitive and socially complex animals. Farming grant applications can be made if upgrading is necessary to comply with a ban.
Herbivores have an innate capacity to hide their suffering. Compassionate societies should not take advantage of any stoical species' essential survival mechanism. In Europe, Canada and the United States this system of housing is not unusual and it would be appropriate that Britain, a nation of animal lovers, leads by example. Mahatma Gandhi described a cow as 'a poem of pity'. If we can ban tethered housing systems for cattle it may encourage other nations to increase their welfare standards.

Timeline

20 Dec 2021 Petition opened for signatures
20 Jun 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 70
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 20 Dec 2021
Closed 20 Jun 2022

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