Submitted on Thursday 4th October 2018
Rejected on Thursday 11th October 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop Dartmoor Ponies being murdered due to new Brexit rules
Hundreds of Dartmoor ponies being rounded up yesterday in the annual “drift” may have to be shot because of a “Catch 22” in new regulations. The ponies have to come off the moor to stay within the numbers legally allowed to graze the commons, but sold ponies will need ID.
If the number of wild ponies is above the legal number allowed, and people are not willing to get ID documentation to purchase, these animals face potential slaughter. Just because they are inconvenient to humans? They don't deserve this at all.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dartmoor-ponies-rounded-up-shot-2064101
http://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=432133&headline=Death%20sentence%20for%20ponies??§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
We understand that you're concerned about the new Equine Identification Regulations, but we're not sure exactly how you'd like the regulations to be changed.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking for the requirement that wild and semi wild equines need to be issued passports by the time they leave a designated area to be removed, or for new owners to be given an extended amount of time to apply for passports, if that's what you'd like to happen.
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