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Petition · past parliament

Make pigeons the national animal.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Lions are the current national animal. The only lions in the UK are locked up in zoos and definitely not roaming free. Pigeons are free.
Lions - whilst resilient - are not British and do not truly represent the country. Pigeons are a staple of our culture and are widely associated with the UK.

Why it was rejected

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

This isn’t something that the UK Government or Parliament would be able to do. The lion's status as the UK's national animal is a matter of tradition rather than having any legal or constitutional status.

Timeline

9 Mar 2022 Petition opened for signatures
15 Mar 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Mar 2022

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