Ban the advertising of extreme breeding & mutilation of animals.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Ban extreme breeding and mutilation of animals in advertising, with particular attention to brachycephalic breeds, on all merchandise and all forms of media including social media and information society services.

Despite excellent work educating vets and other professionals to the problems associated with extreme breeding, there continues to be a rise in the sales of these breeds. The general public (and social media influencers) make decisions to purchase these animals before seeing a vet. We cannot easily inform or influence this decision to buy, and are therefore left to manage their congenital problems after purchase. Similar to banning tobacco advertising, banning these images will undermine the market which fuels extreme breeding.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you want to see certain types of advertising banned, but it's not clear what you mean by 'extreme breeding' or 'mutilation of animals'.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, we could accept a petition banning the advertisement of particular breeds of dogs, if that's what you want to happen.

Timeline

24 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
28 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Oct 2022

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