Rejected petition Make Cruelty to Animals an Indictable Offence

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Animal Cruelty is at an all time high in the UK

We would like to see a stronger deterrent than is currently available to prevent further escalation.

We would like Governement to take responsibility for this crime.

We would like to see cruelty cases become indictable as in other criminal offences.

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.

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Date submitted 11 May 2013
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