Petition · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cap Out-Of-Hours Veterinary Fees to Prevent Pet Abandonment
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360 signatures
What the petition asks
Introduce regulations to cap charges for essential veterinary emergency treatments carried out outside normal working hours, ensuring fees are fair, transparent, and proportionate, by scrapping excessive mark-up prices.
Pet owners are being charged disproportionately high fees for basic veterinary treatments outside normal hours. While higher costs for emergency care are expected, many practices charge 200–300% more for routine procedures such as blood tests and IV fluids. These costs place owners under severe financial pressure, sometimes forcing them to surrender or euthanise pets. With many dogs/cats having to be given up or just abandoned on the streets.
Timeline
| 27 Apr 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
360
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
27 Apr 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.