Rejected petition: Prison time and life ban from owning any animal when convicted of animal abuse
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Anyone convicted of animal abuse to serve time in prison and be banned from owning any animal for the rest of their life
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.
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We do have two petitions currently open which ask for the same thing as your petition is requesting. You may wish to sign them:
Introduce lifetime bans for all animal abusers and DBS checks for pet sitters
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767555Require immediate custodial sentences for animal abuse, cruelty & neglect
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/775033We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.