Rejected petition Offer government support to animal charities at this time of crisis.

Extend charitable support to independent animal rescue charities, so they can weather the storm of covid 19 and still be in existence at the end. Their work in taking in abandoned and abused animals is essential to avoid mass euthanasia. Animals in their care are now in danger of euthanasia too.

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Support has been offered to the charity sector but seems not to offer any support to animal rescue charities. Many of them will not survive as they are dependent on fundraising activity events which are impossible for now, and on retail charity shops which are closed. Without their existence thousands of animals already in rescue will risk death, and future strays will have nowhere to go.

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Provide financial help to zoos, aquariums, & rescue centres during the pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308733

Support Hospices and Wildlife rescue during COVID-19 pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314802

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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Date submitted 8 April 2020
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