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Change punishments for theft of pets, animals etc and abuse of animals.

Submitted on Saturday 13th February 2021

Rejected on Monday 29th March 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change punishments for theft of pets, animals etc and abuse of animals.

Petition Details

Increase sentences for animal abuse and animal theft!

Additional Information

People are stealing pets, litters of puppies that are too young to be separated from their mom! Attacking people to steal a much loved pet! Breaking into homes to steal dogs!


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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:

Increase sentences for all animal cruelty offences: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/565404

Increase minimum and maximum sentences for pet theft: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563711

Introduce a National Pet Exchange Register: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/328081

Create a public register of people banned from keeping animals in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/573147

Require criminal record checks before the sale/adoption of an animal: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/558511

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