Rejected petition Change the law on domestic cats being allowed outside

Cats are a domestic pet and should remain inside the property of their owner, cats running wild cause traffic accidents, cause damage to property and foul in peoples gardens where children play, a domestic animal should be the responsibility of their owner like dogs

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There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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The open petition similar to yours is https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/124530

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Date submitted 6 August 2016
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