Rejected petition Have a complete ban on hunting and killing animals for fun/sport.

Ever since the american dentist shot and killed the protected lion Cecil in cold blood. So i think that killing animals for fun/sport is very wrong and because lots of animals are becoming extinct.

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Cecil the lion was not killed in the UK. The UK Government and Parliament don't have the power to change the law in other countries.

In addition, the law on hunting is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland. That means that the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly are responsible for the law on hunting there.

We could accept a petition calling for all hunting to be banned in England and Wales.

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Date submitted 8 July 2016
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