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Ban sky lanterns in the United Kingdom

Submitted on Tuesday 21st April 2020

Rejected on Friday 29th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban sky lanterns in the United Kingdom

Petition Details

Paper lanterns aren't safe for animals or the environment. They can cause injury, suffering and death to animals by
ingestion
entanglement
entrapment.
Sky lanterns can cause fires as they use an open flame to float. This risk can destroy habitats and set animal housing, feed and bedding alight


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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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