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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition End Animal Cruelty in UK and make it illegal.

To end animal cruelty and ban factory farms. Make torturing any animal for commercial or domestic use illegal. Animal cruelty is a never-ending cycle of misery that is in the UK. It must be stopped.

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Companies torture animals for food or produce when there are better ways. If you just search "Animal Cruelty UK" on YouTube it shows countless of videos of animals suffering in cages. Mother pigs are forced to give birth to babies and breed them in a tiny cage. All animals are tortured by the lack of services provided to them. They die from disease or sent to a slaughterhouse if they are no use (such as when cows are killed when they cannot produce anymore milk).

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about animal cruelty, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Causing unnecessary suffering to an animal is already a criminal offence, and you can find out more about animal welfare laws here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-welfare

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Put a ban on factory farming: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578999

End the Cage Age for all farmed animals: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/593775

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

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