Change the law cats being ran over be made illegal to not report to the police.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Would like the law to be the same when it comes to cats as in the same situation as a dog for it to be illegal to run over a cat and not report it to the police.

Why should a cat be any different than a dog??

This will be someone’s family pet and this cannot continue happening with cats!!!

Too many cats are being ran over in this modern era across the whole country, going missing and being found several days later.

These incidents aren’t being reported to the police and the cats are being left in the areas where they have been hit and left deceased.

Cats aren’t any different to dogs and the laws need to be made the same for cats now.

Being a cat owner myself, this is so frustrating seeing so many going missing or at the side of the road.

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 petition, which calls for similar action:

Legislate to require drivers to report collisions with cats
Legislate to require drivers to report collisions with cats

Timeline

13 Apr 2026	Petition opened for signatures
5 May 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 May 2026

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