Rejected petition Reclassify the theft of a pet as a specific criminal offence in UK law.

Currently, the law sees dog theft as the same offence as someone stealing your phone or bike. The law should and must reflect the impact the crime has on the victims and that should include the animals and the humans. Dogs are sentient beings, not inanimate objects.

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Some police forces throughout the country are recording dog thefts as a petty crime akin to an inanimate object like a laptop. Pet theft rips the heart out of families and wrecks lives. The law must reflect the impact the crime has on the victims.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/244530

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Date submitted 7 July 2019
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