This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Make the punishment for animal abuse harsher for offenders

Anyone who can hurt an animal has no soul, no conscience, and no heart, the law has to change and start being a deterrent to wipe animal cruelty out, when are people going to start protesting and speaking out on behalf of all defenceless animals, NOW is the time to make our voice heard

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So many stories are becoming more and more prominent of animal cruelty, every day we are reading about dogs, cats, horses, cows,sheep, ALL ANIMALS being hurt in the most horrific way, it is evil and barbaric and has to be stopped and the only way to do that is for the punishment to fit the crime

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232131

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