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Petition : Severe Penalties for Pet Abandonment
Every year, a staggering 60,000 domestic cats and dogs are abandoned in France alone, usually before their owners’ vacation. Everyone has the power to fight against pet abandonment, even on a small scale.
We are soliciting the help of people around the world to raise awareness on this issue and to spread the word concerning the cruel treatment of our loyal companions!
Once abandoned, pets are confronted by a number of threats, such as being taken to a pound where they face euthanasia if no one reclaims them. Pet abandonment is a criminal act in France punishable with 2 years of imprisonment and a 30,000 euros fine. However, such penalties are rarely applied and the culprits almost never punished.
It is often very hard for pounds and shelters to trace the owners and some people do not refrain from committing barbarous acts in order to avoid punishment. Dogs and cats have been found with an ear missing, thus preventing tracing through their ear tag or microchip.
Shelters and rescue organizations often do not have enough resources to help all abandoned pets, especially in the summer when the abandonment rates increase drastically.
Severe penalties have to be applied and it is our government’s responsibility to find solutions to make sure that the guilty owners are found and can face justice.
These pets, who have known nothing other than their home and family, suddenly find themselves in the wild and are exposed to a number of threats because of the lack of judgment and irresponsibility of some owners.
Please sign this petition so that the laws may be strictly enforced and that pet abandonment may no longer be common.
We are soliciting the help of people around the world to raise awareness on this issue and to spread the word concerning the cruel treatment of our loyal companions!
Once abandoned, pets are confronted by a number of threats, such as being taken to a pound where they face euthanasia if no one reclaims them. Pet abandonment is a criminal act in France punishable with 2 years of imprisonment and a 30,000 euros fine. However, such penalties are rarely applied and the culprits almost never punished.
It is often very hard for pounds and shelters to trace the owners and some people do not refrain from committing barbarous acts in order to avoid punishment. Dogs and cats have been found with an ear missing, thus preventing tracing through their ear tag or microchip.
Shelters and rescue organizations often do not have enough resources to help all abandoned pets, especially in the summer when the abandonment rates increase drastically.
Severe penalties have to be applied and it is our government’s responsibility to find solutions to make sure that the guilty owners are found and can face justice.
These pets, who have known nothing other than their home and family, suddenly find themselves in the wild and are exposed to a number of threats because of the lack of judgment and irresponsibility of some owners.
Please sign this petition so that the laws may be strictly enforced and that pet abandonment may no longer be common.
Action plan strategy Petition : Severe Penalties for Pet Abandonment
- Raise awareness on the issue of pet abandonment by sharing this petition.
- Sign the petition to show your support.
- Donate to shelters and rescue organizations and use their services to adopt pets.
- A letter addressed to the government demanding the strict enforcement of the laws on pet abandonment.
- Sign the petition to show your support.
- Donate to shelters and rescue organizations and use their services to adopt pets.
- A letter addressed to the government demanding the strict enforcement of the laws on pet abandonment.
Against who/what is this petition aim at.
National governments
Required action
Adoption and enforcement of laws on pet abandonment
The petition
Each year a staggering number of pets are abandoned by their owners. Some are left on the side of a road, while others are attached to trees in the woods. We cannot remain silent when faced with the increasing number of abandoned pets.
Those irresponsible owners who abandon their pets, sometimes while also atrociously mutilating them to prevent being caught, have to be apprehended and prosecuted.
In order to do so, it is not only crucial that your government enforces with great severity the existing laws, but also that you implement a new set of regulations to help retrace the owners of abandoned pets.
Furthermore, ad campaigns must be broadcast both on our screens and on the streets in order to raise collective awareness.
Animals are innocent beings with their own feelings and it is incredibly irresponsible and cruel to leave them on the streets simply so that owners might enjoy their vacation. With the law firmly and severely enforced, the abandonment rate will ultimately diminish from year to year.
Those irresponsible owners who abandon their pets, sometimes while also atrociously mutilating them to prevent being caught, have to be apprehended and prosecuted.
In order to do so, it is not only crucial that your government enforces with great severity the existing laws, but also that you implement a new set of regulations to help retrace the owners of abandoned pets.
Furthermore, ad campaigns must be broadcast both on our screens and on the streets in order to raise collective awareness.
Animals are innocent beings with their own feelings and it is incredibly irresponsible and cruel to leave them on the streets simply so that owners might enjoy their vacation. With the law firmly and severely enforced, the abandonment rate will ultimately diminish from year to year.
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Animals are family members - how can anyone just abandon a member of their family?
Abandoning an animal should be considered no less acceptable than doing the same to a child as they are equally vulnerable.
Да, н думал, что такое может произойти во Франции! :(
What's going on in France? This is very worrying... I thought it was a progressive country.