sorry to be a party pooper here but I too wonder if any of these petitions actually come to fruition:?
Halon, your petition states
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to introduce compulsory neutering, vaccination and microchipping of pet rabbits at the point of sale, licensing of breeders and for sellers to provide full information about care and costs.
Now I can see microchipping and neutering being a possibility but vaccinations are a hard one to enforce really. Its not even compulsary with humans and animals like cats and dogs but lets for instance say that it did become law that they were vaccinated upon the point of sale, what if the owner decides not to re-vaccinate? how do you enforce the continuation of vaccinations after the point of sale?
Another question here
On the petition you have written
Rabbits are one of the most abused pets in the UK. Neutering and microchipping would prevent breeding of unwanted rabbits and allow abandoned rabbits to be traced to their source or reunited with their owners. Breeding should only be allowed under license. Vaccination against VHD and myxi would prevent many unnecessary deaths. Sellers frequently provide misleading information about costs, accomodation and feed, if any information is given at all. This would save rescue centres millions of pounds which could be better spent. This should be considered for all other pets also.
Highlighted is a true statement in many cases regarding petshops but then how can feed be misleading when things like the mix is readily on sale, its like us with chocolate, we all know it can give us dental problems at our expense but the governement haven't banned it:lol::lol: Again, yes I agree there is big costs with rabbits but then I have 1 rabbit that has cost me alot in the 2 years I have had him, and my other rabbit that has only cost me vaccination fee's and 1 treatment for ear mites so not alot of cost for me with one of my rabbits. I had a discussion with Jill about it once as to why people who have rabbits stuck outside on their own with no human interaction never seem to be at the vets and live many to be a ripe old age:?: The same goes for neglected buns, why do they survive the exteme conditions they are left in and yet us, we can loose a rabbit within hours due to bloat
Accomodation size, yes you can advise on accomodation size but untill the law changes so that retailers cannot sell anything smaller thant the minimum requirement then what a retailer sells is not against the law so advice may go on deaf ears to the buyer
Sorry, I am not critisizing as trying is better than nothing but if you take a look at the petitions that are on there at the moment for rabbits, I do wonder if anyone is actually going to take any notice
here is the list of rabbit petitions many with not many signatures at all
http://search.petitions.pm.gov.uk/k...ns/search.lsim?ha=1157&sc=number10&qt=rabbits
However, I do like this petition and will be signing it especially if it means less animals will be tested in laboratories
It's a petition for testing on criminals rather than the many animals that get testing on
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Criminaltesting/
There are a number of paedophiles in our prisons who refuse help of rehabilitation, if they were abused as children and do these acts of sickness because of this then they would welcome any kind of help, and some do. However, there are some who refuse help and cannot wait to get out and continue their obscene offenses - I propose we use these people to test out life saving dugs, they have no more a sacred life than a guinea pig or rabbit and they gave up their rights to be 'human' when they committed their horrible crimes. This research should be carried out on any heinous criminal without a conscience, who show no remorse of what they have done; rapists, murderers, muggers who kill or main - there are plenty of research fodder in our prisons who could actually be useful to us. But please take note - I am not proposing this for all prison inmates, just the ones who are deemed 'evil'.