Submitted on Monday 1st July 2013
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban Chinese lanterns
Over 200,000 Chinese lanterns are sold in the UK each year, yet many people are unaware of the deadly consequences their release can have for animals. When fallen parts are accidentally eaten by animals their frames can cause internal bleeding and a slow, painful death.
On 1st July 2013, a Chinese lantern caused a massive fire at a recycling plant in the West Midlands, injuring 10 firefighters.
Lanterns pose a risk to the countryside, houses, animal AND humans. This petition calls for an immediate ban.
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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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