Require drivers to stop and take cats to the vets if they hit them in their car
We want the government to make it law that if you hit a cat you must legally report it and take it to the nearest vets.
Signatures
10,959
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
Debate threshold (100,000) · 10,959/100,000
- 08 DEC 2025Government respondedDepartment for TransportGovernment reply
The Government has no current plans to mandate that motorists report a collision involving a cat, or to grant Police powers to prosecute motorists who fail to report a collision involving a cat.
Read full response - 04 DEC 2025Petition closedFinal total: 10,959 signatures
- 23 NOV 202510,000 signatures reachedEligible for a government response
- 04 JUN 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
I have recently had my pet cat run over and he was killed.