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Ban the sale of catapults and carrying catapults in public

Submitted by carly ahlen on Sunday 1st June 2025

Published on Tuesday 1st July 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 1st January 2026

Signatures: 1,277

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Arrest ~ Bird ~ Change ~ Children ~ Crime ~ Illegal ~ Law ~ Pandemic ~ Police ~ Sale ~ Specialist ~ The Law ~ The Police ~ Young people

Petition Action

Ban the sale of catapults and carrying catapults in public

Petition Details

We urge the Government to make carrying catapults in public places illegal, so that the police can arrest those carrying, especially in areas of known wildlife. We also urge the Government to ban the sale of catapults the UK, so they are not so easily accessible to children!

Additional Information

I am a specialist of bird and believe we are currently in a wildlife crime pandemic. There have been reports of wildlife being attacked by young people carrying catapults and ball bearings. We think the law needs to change so that the Police has more powers to arrest those carrying catapults.


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