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

Change the law to stop healthy animals being euthanized at the owner’s request

Closed 173 signatures

What the petition asks

Bring in a law protecting animals from euthanasia. At the moment if an owner wishes to have an animal put to sleep there is no law to stop this. I would like the Government to stop this happening.
It is unbelievable that owners can simply request to have an animal put down, even if there are alternatives available. Animals should be protected from this situation. Just because someone has decided they do not want to keep an animal that doesn't mean they should be able to be disposed of. Owners should be required to keep animals they are responsible for, or at least arrange for them to be rehomed.

Timeline

30 Aug 2022 Petition opened for signatures
14 Mar 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 173
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 30 Aug 2022
Closed 14 Mar 2023

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