Rejected petition Make laws and punishment harsher for dog theft

Rejected on 12 March 2021

A dog is a member of the family, a best friend and a loved one.
Within the law at the moment stealing a dog can receive the same punishment as stealing property like a phone or a bicycle and it needs to change.

At the moment with lockdown restrictions the price of dogs is sky high and dog theft is out of control.

People are scared to walk their dog or even let it out into there garden.
I was even scared to leave my dog at the groomers. The impact of losing a dog in this way is unimaginable and something has to be done

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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Make dog theft a specific criminal offence: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/560216

Increase minimum and maximum sentences for pet theft: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563711

Increase penalties for dog theft and illegal puppy farming: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574650

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