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Petition

ban religious slaughter

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Ban the barbaric practice of religious animal slaughter
The act of religious slaughter is barbaric and needs to be banned. Cattle in particular can live for a significant amount of time after having their throats cut due to the way the brain receives blood, but all animals should be humanely slaughtered with absolutely no exceptions for religious reasons.

Why it was rejected

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

This appears substantially to be a duplicate of a petition we already have open:

Ban the non-stun slaughter of animals
Ban the non-stun slaughter of animals

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Timeline

4 Jan 2026 Petition opened for signatures
5 Feb 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Feb 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 20 Aug 2026.