Submitted on Friday 5th September 2025
Rejected on Friday 19th September 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it an offence to run over a cat and not report it.
Allow cats to have the same rights in law as reporting a hit and run scenario concerning a dog.
All animals deserve to be treated equally and cats are beloved pets to human owners as are dogs.
There should be a legal right for cats to be recognised in the same manner.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Require drivers to stop and take cats to the vets if they hit them in their car
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/728011
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