Submitted on Sunday 7th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 18th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
End the use of horses by the police as a means of crowd control
Limit the use of horses by the police so they are no longer put in danger by being used as tools to control or intimidate crowds. Allow for groups of no larger than 3 mounted officers to be used at a time. End the practice of gathering mounted officers to stampede into civilians.
The current protests in London have highlighted how dangerous this practice is to 3 parties; the officers, protestors and horses themselves. Police officers that fall from their mounts are seriously injured and civilian protestors are at risk of severe injury by being trampled. It is animal cruelty to make horses perform a dangerous duty that they cannot consent to. This is an outdated practice that has no place in the modern age.
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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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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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