Submitted on Monday 7th December 2020
Rejected on Thursday 17th December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Strengthen the Hunting Act to close loopholes & prevent hunts using smokescreens
Hunts continue to chase and kill foxes, hares, deer and mink, both by using loopholes in the law & by claiming to lay trails and then claiming hunting of mammals is ‘accidental’. We are asking for all loopholes to be closed, penalties strengthened & wording amended to prevent cynical subterfuge.
Hunts regularly trespass where they’re unwelcome-including on railways & main roads. There have been attacks on pets & livestock. Many people are intimidated into silence. Police claim that the legislation makes the law difficult to enforce & uphold.
We see no such havoc from bloodhounds genuinely hunting a scent. All the evidence suggests that hunts continue to flout the law, using a combination of exemptions, lies, loopholes & smokescreens. This is untenable & bringing the law into disrepute.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do, specifically which loopholes you want to see closed.
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