Rejected petition Make New Laws Regarding Temperatures At Which Dog Walking & Transport Is Banned.
There are current 🇬🇧 cruelty laws to prevent animal suffering, but none which relate specifically to the treatment of dogs during warm/hot weather i.e. at what outside temperature should they not be allowed to be taken for a walk, transported or left unattended in a car. Specific rules are needed.
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There are members of the general public and in the pet sitting industry, who still cannot judge when it is a suitable temperature to take a dog outside in warm or hot weather to; take them for a walk, transport them in a car, or even leave them in a car unattended.
Specific outside temperature rules for this could help stop the horrific occurrences of dogs suffering and dying needlessly through heatstroke.
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.
We understand you are concerned about dogs being walked or transported in extreme heat. However, walking or transporting a dog in extreme heat can already constitute an offence of causing 'unnecessary suffering' under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. You can find out more about this here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/section/4. This means it's not clear how what you want to happen is different to the law as it stands.
You could have a petition calling on the Government to amend the Animal Welfare Act to specify the temperature above which animals should not be walked or transported, so long as you specify what you want that temperature to be (or how you want that temperature to be determined by others).
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.