Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Make animal cruelty a criminal offence with possible prison sentencing.

Help make those who commit animal cruelty have to go to court and be sentenced like those who commit a criminal offence, with prison time as a possible outcome.

This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232131

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.