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Set a minimum slaughter age of 25 for cattle.

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closedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsOpened 27 October 2025Closed 27 April 2026

Background

Amend the Animal Welfare Act, to make it illegal to slaughter cattle before they reach the age of 25.

Additional details

Cattle can be slaughtered at an earlier age when they can live much longer, so that farmers can maximize their gains. The law states the conditions under which animals are kept should provide for their welfare. If this is being adhered to, I believe they should be allowed to live out their lives before being killed for food, and not slaughtered less than halfway through their potential natural lives.

Where it’s popular

Constituencies with the most signatures on this petition.

BatterseaMarsha De Cordova
2
Derbyshire DalesJohn Whitby
2
Vauxhall and Camberwell GreenFlorence Eshalomi
2
Croydon SouthChris Philp
2
Holborn and St PancrasSir Keir Starmer
2
Beckenham and PengeLiam Conlon
2
Uxbridge and South RuislipDanny Beales
2
Croydon EastNatasha Irons
1
Dorking and HorleyChris Coghlan
1
Cities of London and WestminsterRachel Blake
1
Didcot and WantageOlly Glover
1
Dulwich and West NorwoodHelen Hayes
1
Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardAlex Mayer
1
Ealing SouthallDeirdre Costigan
1
Hackney South and ShoreditchDame Meg Hillier
1
BromsgroveBradley Thomas
1
Godalming and AshSir Jeremy Hunt
1
Ely and East CambridgeshireCharlotte Cane
1
East WiltshireDanny Kruger
1
Earley and WoodleyYuan Yang
1

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 743712.