Pet Theft Letter Templates

Dear …………………….. (MP name)

As one of your constituents, I am writing to you to ask you to write to Lord Benyon, the Minister for the Pet Abduction issue or raise a question in the House to get a definite date for this crime to become law.

Lord Benyon wrote to Pet Theft Awareness who have been campaigning for the inclusion of cats, on 14th July 2023 stating: “We are fully committed to delivering a new pet abduction offence during the remainder of this Parliament. We support extending this offence to cats as well as dogs which campaigners have been calling for. The new offence will better reflect the view that cats and dogs are not inanimate objects but sentient beings capable of experiencing distress and other emotional trauma when they are stolen from their owners or keepers."

Prior to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was listed to be debated but the business for that week was naturally cancelled never to be listed again.

There have been numerous questions in the House and a debate following an e-petition resulting in the Government saying “The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will continue its passage as soon as parliamentary time allows and will be announced in the normal way.” However in June time ran out and the Bill was abandoned making way for the Government to make the promise that “We are fully committed to delivering a new pet abduction offence during the remainder of this Parliament.”

I and thousands of others feel let down by this continual abandoning of promises and I would therefore ask that you contact Lord Benyon or ask the Government in the Chamber for a date to have this offence of Pet Abduction which should include cats as well as dogs, to be made legal.

The Cat Theft Report 2022 can be found here: https://pettheftawareness.blogspot.com/2022/05/cat-theft-report-summary.html

I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely

(Name and address. Address must be provided to confirm you are a constituent)