Rejected petition Extend the 2004 Hunting Act to Northern Ireland. Our wildlife needs you!

Fox hunting is still legal in Northern Ireland even though the hunting act makes it illegal in the rest of the UK. Northern Ireland has the highest sentence of 5 years for animal cruelty yet it’s still legal for our wildlife to be hunted and killed. This 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.

We can’t accept your petition because responsibility for the law on hunting in Northern Ireland is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Even though the Northern Ireland Assembly is not sitting, the UK Parliament hasn’t formally taken back responsibility for this issue.

You could start a new petition calling on the UK Parliament to change the law, to take back the responsibility for the law on hunting and then to change the law in Northern Ireland.

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

Date submitted 17 July 2019
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