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Legislate against reselling or giving up young puppies/kittens to a third party

Submitted by Nicholas Rose on Thursday 28th November 2024

Published on Monday 20th January 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 20th July 2025

Signatures: 136

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6 Months ~ Adoption ~ Animals ~ Criminal ~ Ensure ~ Homes ~ Law ~ Lovely ~ month ~ Owners ~ parties ~ Pets ~ Responsible ~ Return ~ RETURNED ~ vulnerability

Petition Action

Legislate against reselling or giving up young puppies/kittens to a third party

Petition Details

We want the government to make it a criminal offence for new owners of puppies or kittens to resell or give them up for adoption to a third party, before they are 6 months old. We think owners should either return the animal to its breeders, or obtain the breeder's consent to give it to new owners.

Additional Information

Reputable private breeders make efforts to ensure their precious puppies and kittens are bought or adopted by responsible owners who will provide safe, suitable and loving homes. However, there is no law to stop their animals' new owners from immediately reselling or giving these vulnerable, undeveloped pets up for adoption to third parties who may not be so suitable.


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