Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Prohibit the killing of domestic pets in a pandemic or domestic emergency
Closed
791 signatures
What the petition asks
Introduce legislation to prohibit domestic pets from being killed in any event or national emergency, pandemic, outbreak or otherwise. Lord Bethell recently revealed the Government had considered whether it might have to ask people to exterminate pet cats due to covid-19.
Domestic pets are extremely loving and comforting companion animals that helped many owners to overcome a great deal of personal trauma linked to the pandemic, such as loneliness, the loss of family and friends and worsening health issues. We believe it would be immoral for a single domestic pet to be killed, whatever the circumstances. We now need legislation to prevent this possibility of domestic pets being killed due to a national emergency.
Timeline
| 16 Mar 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Sep 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
791
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
16 Mar 2023
Closed
16 Sep 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.