Rejected petition Make pigeons the national animal.

Lions are the current national animal. The only lions in the UK are locked up in zoos and definitely not roaming free. Pigeons are free.

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Lions - whilst resilient - are not British and do not truly represent the country. Pigeons are a staple of our culture and are widely associated with the UK.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This isn’t something that the UK Government or Parliament would be able to do. The lion's status as the UK's national animal is a matter of tradition rather than having any legal or constitutional status.

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

Date submitted 9 March 2022
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