Petition · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Require tracking of companion animal euthanasia to prevent unnecessary deaths
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4,323 signatures
What the petition asks
Every day healthy and treatable companion animals are put to sleep not because they are old or because they are beyond help but because there are limited places for them to go
Their lives end quietly in pounds, commercial kennels, veterinary practices and rescues, often unseen and unrecorded.
Their lives end quietly in pounds, commercial kennels, veterinary practices and rescues, often unseen and unrecorded.
Stray dogs can be PTS after 7 days
Stray cats rely on charities not councils
Healthy/treatable animals are euthanised with no record, no transparency, no opportunity for reform
We call on Government to:
* Record when healthy/treatable animals are euthanised
* Publish annual data
* Introduce a nationwide system to protect stray cats
* Scan microchips for Rescue Back Up and registered keeper
Without this data preventable deaths will continue
Every animal deserves the chance to live
Tuks Law
Stray cats rely on charities not councils
Healthy/treatable animals are euthanised with no record, no transparency, no opportunity for reform
We call on Government to:
* Record when healthy/treatable animals are euthanised
* Publish annual data
* Introduce a nationwide system to protect stray cats
* Scan microchips for Rescue Back Up and registered keeper
Without this data preventable deaths will continue
Every animal deserves the chance to live
Tuks Law
Timeline
| 1 May 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
4,323
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
1 May 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.