Rejected petition Reverse the vote in the Brexit bill that animals are not sentient beings

Rejected on 24 November 2017

MPs recently voted to reject the idea that animals are sentient or able to feel pain, a ludicrous decision that has been disputed by science for hundreds of years. Such a vote would open the door to the cruellest forms of animal exploitation, testing, and vivisection. Animals do not deserve torture.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-bill-latest-animal-sentience-cannot-feel-pain-emotion-vote-mps-agree-eu-withdrawal-bill-a8064676.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-government-vote-animal-sentience-cant-feel-pain-eu-withdrawal-bill-anti-science-tory-mps-a8065161.html

Why was this petition rejected?

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/205348

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