Rejected petition We are petitioning to get free animal healthcare.

We want to add veterinarians to the NHS free healthcare system, to provide animals in need with free treatment, similar to our treatment. This could benefit the less fortunate, who can't afford the extortionate prices of the vets in the UK. For example, the homeless with dogs.

More details

We want the Government to provide free animal healthcare, due to the fact that hundreds of thousands of people are forced to euthanise their pets due to financial constraints in the UK. Its not fair to have to euthanise animals that can be treated, simply because the healthcare is too expensive. Animals are not allowed to fight for their lives and are put to sleep instead of giving them a chance to keep living. However we do not wish to remove private vets for those who can afford it.

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:

Create an NHS for animals
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754642

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

Date submitted 18 March 2026
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.