Longer & harsher sentences for those who abuse animals to reduce animal cruelty

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

To give those who abuse animals longer and harsher sentences to reduce animal cruelty & abandonment of animals which could help relive the volume of animals in shelters & to stop breeders from over breeding dogs for money & abandoning them once they have the puppies. A life is a life dog or human

look into harsher & longer sentences for those who abuse animals. a life is a life
No matter if they are human or animal, animal cruelty has become worse over the years & seeing all the posts of those who have harmed, abandoned or even killed their animals is getting too common. If there are harsher punishments for these abusers then there Will be less animal abuse cases & shelters won’t be so full We need to come
Together to give animals a chance of having a good life like they all deserve

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Introduce stricter minimum penalties for acts of animal cruelty.
Introduce stricter minimum penalties for acts of animal cruelty.

Increase maximum animal cruelty punishment from five years to eight years
Increase maximum animal cruelty punishment from five years to eight years

Timeline

14 Mar 2025	Petition opened for signatures
8 Apr 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Apr 2025

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