Rejected petition change the status of the Black Rat (Rattus rattus) from a non native to a native

black rats have been persecuted for thousands of years as well as being blamed for the spread of the Bubonic plague which was spread by Mongloian Gerbils not rats

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

A non-native species is a species that has been introduced into the country by human intervention (either deliberately or accidentally) since the end of the last ice age (approx ten thousand years ago).

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Date submitted 3 March 2017
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