This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Make it a legal requirement to stop if a cat is infront of a car.
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230,000 cats are run over each year. Almost a quarter of a million cats are run over on British roads every year. Drivers hit 630 cats every day, according to insurer Petplan. At the moment a car has to stop for a dog, however it is not the case for cats as its still legal to kill cats.
I recently lost my cat beaker he was 1 year old and got hit by a car.
that was the most pain i ever felt.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-418199/230-000-cats-run-year.html
https://inews.co.uk/news/animal-lovers-urge-government-give-cats-rights-dogs/
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/230118
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