Petition · past parliament
Ban the sale of flying plastic rings to help protect marine wildlife
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2,996 signatures
What the petition asks
Flying Ring, Frisbees with holes whatever you want to call them, are harming our marine wildlife. The sale of them needs to be banned. Every year there are reports of hundreds of seals ending up injured or dead because of a simple toy.
Flying rings get embedded into seals necks and cause, I should imagine, a lot of pain.
Seal pups are apparently inquisitive mammals so often play with these rings when they find them. It then gets stuck on their neck and as they grow it gets tighter and tighter until eventually they choke or starve to death. Please ban the sale.
Seal pups are apparently inquisitive mammals so often play with these rings when they find them. It then gets stuck on their neck and as they grow it gets tighter and tighter until eventually they choke or starve to death. Please ban the sale.
Timeline
| 5 Apr 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Oct 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,996
Status
Closed
Opened
5 Apr 2022
Closed
19 Oct 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.