Submitted on Tuesday 21st November 2017
Rejected on Friday 24th November 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reverse the decision to exclude animal sentience from the EU Withdrawal Bill.
MPs have voted to reject the inclusion of animal sentience – the admission that animals feel emotion and pain – into the EU Withdrawal Bill. This poses a massive threat to animal welfare. You can't be said to mistreat a being that neither has emotions, feels pain or is self aware.
How can parliamentarians decide by a vote whether a being is self aware enough to feel pain or emotion? Have they really never seen an animal in pain or fear? Have they never seen a dog wag its tail and loll its tongue when experiencing joy? What about a pig squealing in terror when caught? Are these not the emotions of sentient beings? It is arrogant beyond belief to think that by a simple poll a group of politicians can change well known facts that both science and common sense has taught us.
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