Amend DEFRA's guidelines on animal welfare. They condone "necessary" suffering.

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Popularity

This petition has 2,453 signatures in total, with signatories from 591 constituencies. That makes it the 4,370th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 57% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of 37% (high).

Signatures by Constituency

• 22 - Bosworth
• 19 - Coventry North West
• 17 - South Thanet
• 15 - Wellingborough
• 14 - Ipswich
• 14 - Milton Keynes South
• 14 - Leicester West
• 13 - Kettering
• 13 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
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• 12 - Harborough
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• 11 - St Austell and Newquay
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• 11 - North West Leicestershire
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• 10 - Birmingham, Northfield
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• 10 - Nuneaton
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• 3 - Stourbridge
• 3 - Rushcliffe
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• 2 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
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• 1 - Moray
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Signatures by Region

• 417 - South East
• 294 - West Midlands
• 293 - East Midlands
• 289 - South West
• 241 - East of England
• 222 - North West
• 205 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 173 - London
• 100 - Wales
• 88 - Scotland
• 59 - North East
• 9 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 2,425 - United Kingdom
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