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

Introduce a legal minimum requirement for hamster cages.

Closed 96 signatures

What the petition asks

The government needs to introduce minimum legal requirements for hamster cages to stop pet shops and other retailers from being able to sell inadequate, unsuitable cages. Hamsters need a bare minimum of 4000cm2 and many pet shops sell cages much much smaller than this causing unnecessary suffering.
So many retailers sell unsuitable cages for hamsters which means these hamsters then live in unethical, stressful conditions for their whole life while big companies profit off of the neglect of these animals. The UK has laws in place for the welfare of most other animals so why not hamsters and other rodents?

Timeline

5 May 2022 Petition opened for signatures
19 Nov 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 96
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 5 May 2022
Closed 19 Nov 2022

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