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Lower the height of the fences at the Grand National to stop horses getting hurt

Submitted on Sunday 7th April 2019

Rejected on Friday 10th May 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the height of the fences at the Grand National to stop horses getting hurt

Petition Details

This year in the Grand National,1 horse died during the event, 2 others died on 'Ladies Day', the day before. There have been 12 deaths since 2000 at the Grand National. This tragedy occurs because of the height of the fences which the horses jump over. It is cruel and unethical.

Additional Information

The height of the fences must be lowered.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

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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