Petition Stop classifying cats as "property" under UK law

Recently in the U.K. there have been a number of cases of people killing cats, U.K. Law means these people are only charged with damage to property, the law needs changing to reflect reality, that cats are not property but family members.

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The law for a long time has failed animals, we now need to start punishing these crimes accordingly. There is an acknowledged link between animal cruelty and violence against other humans, another reason that classifying a breathing living creature as "property" is barbaric.

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203 signatures

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Date closed 4 February 2017
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