Submitted on Saturday 6th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 18th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban the use of police horses for crowd control at protests.
Police horses should not be used as a means for crowd control at protests, as they are often put in harms way when these events turn violent.
The police should not be allowed to use innocent animals to protect themselves, they should face protestors as equals.
After witnessing videos of police horses being used against crowds at a Black Lives Matter protest in Whitehall. I am extremely appalled at the situation these horses were put in. They should not be subjected to this sort of chaos.
One horse broke free from it's officer and was visibly panicking amongst the crowd. Another was hit by a bike and clearly hurt. There were also many objects being thrown about which would also cause potential stress and harm.
Horses are animals, not tools for the police force.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Ban the use of horses in the police force: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325179
Ban the use of horses for crowd control: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325275
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