Rejected petition Make it a legal requirement to report when a cat is hit by a vehicle

Current law requires drivers to stop and report collisions with dogs, horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, and donkeys, but not cats.
We want the law changed so that cats are included in this list, ensuring that injured cats receive help and their owners are informed.

More details

Thousands of cats are killed or injured on UK roads each year, and many are left to die alone because drivers are not legally required to stop.

Cats are beloved family members to millions of households.

Providing them with the same legal protection as dogs would prevent unnecessary suffering and offer owners closure, while promoting responsible and compassionate driving.

This petition was rejected

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.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Require drivers to stop and take cats to the vets if they hit them in their car
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/728011

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

Date submitted 6 September 2025
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.