Submitted on Wednesday 14th April 2021
Rejected on Monday 19th April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the punishment for stealing/attempting to steal family pets to kidnapping
Make the sentence for stealing family pets to the same as kidnapping a person. Pets are members of the family, they love us, they breathe, and they feel pain. They are not possessions that can be replaced and the current punishment isn't enough to deter criminals from trying to ruin a family.
If the sentence was the same as kidnapping a child, for example, there would be much higher risk for the criminals if they got caught, and the number of dog thefts would reduce drastically. Currently dogs are being stolen from their owners in broad daylight in the street, criminals are breaking into homes and they are endangering thousands of people. It's up to Parliament to make our streets and our homes safe again for the many, many people who have pets in their lives.
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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 think this petition is similar:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563711
We could accept a petition calling for a specific sentence, but it would need to be clear how long such a sentence should be.
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