Rejected petition: Make the carrying and firing of catapults in public illegal
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Make it illegal to carry catapults in public places, so the police can arrest those carrying, especially in areas of known wildlife crime, regardless if ammunition is found or not.
I am an wildlife rescuer and believe we are currently in a wildlife crime pandemic.
75% of my call outs are due to apparent abuse of wildlife offences.
We think the law needs to change to give the Police more powers to arrest those carrying catapults.
There has been an increase in reports of wildlife being attacked by groups of youths carrying catapults and ball bearings.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
The following petition calls for a similar action:
Ban the sale of catapults and carrying catapults in public
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/729101We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.