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Ban the use of police horses in large protests

Submitted on Sunday 7th June 2020

Rejected on Thursday 18th June 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban the use of police horses in large protests

Petition Details

To stop using horses as a method of deterrent/intimidation during protests, large gathering and riots.

Additional Information

I am a veterinary student in England and we are taught that horses are always unpredictable no matter how domesticated or ‘trained’ they are.

In crowds with loud noises, flashing lights and often physical attacks horses are likely to spook and run often injuring itself, the rider and anyone in its path.

This was seen at the black lives matter protest in Whitehall (June 2020) with a police officer being thrown off her horse after it spooked.


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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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