Rejected petition Stop the sale of pets on online market place

Ban the sale of pets on sites like Gumtree, Free ads, Pets4Homes, Facebook, Ebay..

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The selling of animals on these sites is facilitating the sale of stolen pets, puppy farms and unlicensed breeders. This is not only about the health and well being of the animals concerned, but the fraudulent and criminal activity of the sellers.
It needs to stop

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Government is not responsible for the mediums individuals or businesses use to sell their wares, including pets, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Introduce a National Pet Exchange Register: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/328081

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

Date submitted 21 January 2021
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