Rejected petition Include animal sentience in the EU Withdrawal Bill.

UK MP’s have just voted that animals cannot feel emotion or pain. This will have devastating effects on animal welfare in the UK.
WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN!
Speak for those who cannot speak for themselves and sign to show the government that this is unacceptable in a civilised society.

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https://www.livescience.com/39481-time-to-declare-animal-sentience.html
Just one of many articles about how animals can think, feel and show emotions.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/205348

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Date submitted 20 November 2017
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