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e-752 (Cruelty to animals)

E-petition
Initiated by Linda Clarke Harter from Chilliwack, British Columbia

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled

Whereas:
  • The Criminal Code is written in such a way that makes it very difficult to hold puppy mill owners accountable;
  • Recent attempts to modernize Canada’s animal rights laws have been unsuccessful;
  • Canada’s current laws have remained mostly unchanged since 1892;
  • We are concerned that puppy mill owners often face only a fine and see it as a part of doing business; and
  • Canadian law makes it an offence to engage in animal fighting however, training animals to fight and accepting money from animal fighting is not an offence.
We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to update Canada’s animal cruelty legislation by creating a bill that would amend the Criminal Code to make profiting from animal fighting and training animals to fight offences. Furthermore, we ask for loopholes in the animal cruelty legislation that allow operators of puppy mills to escape penalty or to receive only fines that do not act as a proper deterrent to be closed.
Open for signature
January 17, 2017, at 9:07 a.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
May 17, 2017, at 9:07 a.m. (EDT)
Photo - Murray Rankin
Victoria
New Democratic Party Caucus
British Columbia