Rejected petition Change of Production Farming Regulations to protect humans and animals.

Change production farm regulations to possibly reduce the risk of Pandemics and aid the protection of animal welfare.

Pigs in many production farms are forced to exist in an area 1m squared. As a small step forward, it should become law that pigs have to have at least 3m squared per animal.

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• Covid-19 originated in a wet market in Wuhan (Wu et al, 2020, (260 citations)). https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.3.2000044
• Swine flu is believed to have infected farm staff (Gibbs et al, 2009, (116 citations)). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1743-422X-6-207
• Foot and mouth disease was first confirmed at a farm in England (Alexandersen et al, 2003, (296 citations). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-27109-0_2

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.

We understand you want pigs to be kept in larger pens, however it's not clear how this relates to minimising the risk of pandemics.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a related action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/330298

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

Date submitted 28 October 2020
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