This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Make it a crime not to stop and report when you've hit a cat with a vehicle
It's a crime to run over dogs & not report it. Cats are pets too & deserve the same treatment. There's far too many people that run over cats because there's no responsibility on them & they have no obligation to legally do anything about the life they've taken. STOP them just driving off.
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Cat's aren't any less important than dogs so why do we treat them this way by not giving them the same support. If people had the same responsilbility when they've run over a cat as they do a dog they'd drive more carefully and the number of cat deaths by vehicles would be reduced, also many could and would be saved by taking to a vet if they are still alive after the hit. You should have a legal responsibility to take action when you've just run over someones pet no matter what the animals is.
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