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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to allow the sale of elephants in pet shops in the UK. More details

Submitted by Jack Smithies – Deadline to sign up by: 04 December 2007 – Signatures: 655

Petition update, 09 January 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "allow the sale of elephants in pet shops in the UK."

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http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page14196.asp

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More details from petition creator

We believe that every child in the UK would benefit from owning an elephant. It was my dream as a child to care for these magnificent creatures but at the age of twelve I find that nobody takes me seriously. We would like to make it legal to import african/indian elephants from africa/india to sell in pet shops across the UK. Elephants are creatures that children could learn about better by owning their own and keeping them in easily and cheaply converted sheds. Please take my idea into account. Jack Smithies

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  • Robert Holden
  • Donna Boden
  • Mick Summer
  • Nigel Stone
  • Anouska
  • Fitz Cary
  • Peter Kenny
  • Lana Metz
  • Ann Nichols
  • kaveendra sharma
  • Sonny Parsan
  • shaun moys
  • Patricia Webster
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  • William Griffiths
  • Eddie Heywood
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  • alex w
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  • Stephen OBrien
  • looby lou
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  • Gareth Powell
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  • Chloe Elephant Phipps
  • andrew harris
  • Adam Foxton
  • Joseph Ashworth
  • Gordon Bennette
  • Alice Lenden
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  • Paul Crown
  • V.Whitehead
  • Mr. Martin James
  • Keith Armstrong
  • Eva Blake
  • claire peters
  • Patrick Lacey
  • cliff etter
  • Robin Big Ears who thinks elephants should be exempt from the congestion charge
  • Phil Hancock
  • DAVID VON ACKERMAN
  • David A Etter
  • Richard Latter
  • Samantha Louise Lacey
  • Graeme Scott
  • Livio Quintavalle
  • Anne Meek
  • James Hamilton
  • Spring Heeled Jack
  • D. Hammersley
  • Jumbo Large-Trunk
  • The Elephant Man (FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES)
  • keith oates
  • I need an elephant as I am deaf. Please let me buy one now
  • Kaj Scarsbrook
  • ellie sargeaunt
  • William Lidstone
  • James Pinniger
  • Marie Robinson
  • Sir Keith
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  • jonathan seale
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  • Catherine Maminska
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  • Angus
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  • Gail Hammond
  • Bob BAKER
  • Gillian Chantler
  • Sheena Parkinson
  • Patricia Ferguson
  • Rose Palladine
  • Mary Bowden
  • C. Hewitt
  • Steve Ruddock (important children learn to eat with their nose)
  • Martin Akiyama
  • Minnie Mouse - I want to scare one
  • Jonathan Crawford (I shall use mine as an aide memoire)
  • Peter Lay (carbon neutral transport, great!)
  • David Hulse
  • Hairbop T Waldo as I'm sure I could make a fortune selling it big poo-poos!
  • Hannah Start
  • Lauren Brown
  • peter marsh
  • Nelly chipperfield
  • Dumbo Don
  • Howard Parr
  • Simon White
  • Gerald Walker
  • Esther Downie
  • Dave Redman
  • William Morgan
  • Ethel Warburg
  • Maureen Sims
  • Dorothy Sims
  • Anthony Camacho
  • Harold Dowell
  • Mike Ramsden
  • Dorothy Adams
  • Patricia Taft
  • Alexandra Peet
  • Belinda Erskine
  • Michael Davenger
  • Laurie Dempster
  • Chris Osborne
  • John Yeomans
  • Davina Buller
  • Barry Sheasby
  • Rupert Wright
  • Christine Easy
  • Brian Cunliffe
  • Illse Birkinsingle
  • D. Masset
  • Robert Edwards
  • Warren Oates
  • Jeremy Aspinall
  • Marshal Askham
  • Peter Store
  • Con Natham
  • Brenda Sheehy
  • Harold Ryland
  • Paddy McNee
  • Maggie Slazenger
  • Jim Silcock
  • Judith Tudor
  • Dev Cunliff
  • Jock McGee
  • Jane Querrel
  • Henry Monk
  • Alex Marples
  • Victor Pool
  • Christine Long
  • Ray Dempsey
  • Ian Wear
  • Sandra Yeoman
  • Steven Penhall
  • Matt Corby
  • Luke Pearson
  • Samantha Yates
  • Shirley Paul
  • Norman Burns
  • Herbert Radcliff
  • Des Pallow
  • Carla Sweep
  • J. Ferguson
  • Leahla Best
  • pachyderm-lover
  • Alexander Khan
  • Dumo
  • KATY SHEADER
  • darren jones
  • Kate Fisher
  • Gemma Daoudi
  • Angus Mair
  • Ian Harvie
  • Prayag Rajpura
  • Paul Abrams Would You Like To See My Trouser Elephant?
  • David Attenborough - Once i get mine i'm going to sell it on the Ebay for parts
  • Lord Elephant von Hesselink
  • Kevin Brown
  • Gary Turner
  • Michael Brennan
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  • Martin Smith
  • Peter Sharp
  • Andy BIrd
  • Kamarl simpson
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  • Miles Watt
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  • Alexander Rosser
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  • Peter James
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  • Tom Kelly
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  • Richard Sutton
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  • Derek McNicholl
  • Gina Craighan
  • Annette Lee
  • Ann Fitchett
  • John Ruest
  • Scott Byrne
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  • Rod Kitteringham
  • Bryan Chinn
  • Kathleen Chinn
  • Adam Jones
  • Brian Davies
  • Anthony Dawe
  • Philip Taylor
  • David Strong
  • David Allen
  • Garry Ellwood
  • Clive Scrivens
  • John Somerfield
  • Matthew Chistoph
  • Philip Johnson
  • Dan Aldridge
  • Ellis Kerkhoven
  • Jatin Yona
  • Lydia Dockray
  • Kay Huxham
  • Graham Rushton
  • E Paine
  • Richard Sutcliffe
  • Danny Jackson
  • A Barron
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  • simon adkins
  • Thomas Bishop
  • Valerie Leonard
  • Stephen Wotton
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  • Colin Shephard
  • Mark Parsons
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  • Jill townsend
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  • Clive Robinson
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  • Oliver O'Neill
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  • Ken Cook
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  • Mike Lowe
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  • Sandra Warzynska
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  • Poppy Farnfield
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  • G Kellett
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  • David Barker
  • Simon Hooker
  • Roger Hamilton
  • Linda Rankin
  • Mark Kahler
  • Dionne Edwards
  • Anthony Lane
  • Moira Sheen
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  • Stephanie Nokes
  • Thomas Wiggins
  • Arnold Roe
  • Monica Ride
  • Michael Molnar
  • Mark Blessington
  • Lawrence Stringer
  • Mario Carling
  • Florence Ellwood
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  • Somerville Jones
  • Rory Boardman
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  • Iain Watson
  • Margaret Turner
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  • Christine Gibson
  • Maroline Betts
  • Andrea Barnett
  • Harry White
  • Toss Sutcliff
  • Colin Love
  • jasmine spicer
  • Jonathan Prince
  • Paul Woolfries
  • alasdair martin (scotland are the world elephant polo champions!)
  • russell layberry
  • Tarzan (I need my elephant to stomp out crime in the u.k.)
  • isaac balls
  • Noel Burger
  • Kenneth Brown
  • Honor Mackley-Ward
  • paul meades-woolley
  • ELEPHANTS'R' US(suppliers of elephants to the petshop industry
  • Ali Mackay
  • G James...Are they Indian or African
  • Katelyn Dyason
  • Eleanor Brown
  • Daniel Fullen
  • Phil Smith... it would help global warming
  • Simon Tavabie
  • matthew norman
  • Heather Caird
  • Marie Irving-Murphy (free showers!)
  • Joanne Eakers - i love elephants and will beat up any1 who wants 1 just 2 b mean to!
  • Chris Moloney
  • james hagger
  • M O'Donohue
  • Joshua Coales
  • Jonathan Robinson
  • david hoogland
  • David Coulter
  • Ellen Brooks
  • D Brookes
  • Ivan Twon, to ease traffic congestion!
  • Samantha Sloan (Ginger's need elephant's too..)
  • Thomas Pirovano
  • Arthur Price
  • Richard Pellow
  • dont u have better things to do ??
  • Lisa Chu
  • Adrian Brown
  • charlie wykes
  • Djedmundo
  • Matt Phypers
  • michael ormiston
  • Ben Stubbs
  • ER, CAN'T REMEMBER...
  • claire
  • Paul Birchenough
  • richardtulley
  • Mike Sloan
  • Roderick Drury
  • Scott Clark
  • neil whitehall
  • Zoe Benfield
  • Andrew Goldsmith
  • peter renwick ( I will give mine to my mam it will be good company for her cat )
  • Tim Renwick
  • john oliver
  • Dumbo The Effalump
  • adam Marley
  • Nelly
  • Amy
  • chris Dissanayake
  • Nathan Young
  • Joanne Beech
  • Emma Skilbeck
  • Emma Ring
  • Mark Taylor
  • Imran Khan
  • Dave Manning
  • daniel timbrell
  • amber burton
  • Mark Bigwood
  • Adam Walsh
  • Simon Musker
  • Nathan Adams
  • Jessica Williams
  • matthew walsh
  • Stupid pointless f*cking petition, time wasting twerp
  • Tom Proudley
  • Piano Key Maker :)
  • Neville Mooney
  • Nellie Elephant (still looking for my trunk)
  • matthew loft
  • Dan Loft
  • Chris Wood
  • michelle ramsey
  • Charlie laing
  • An Elephant
  • ANDREW SNOWDON
  • Ross Nolan
  • Alan Brookland
  • person 1
  • ian craig
  • Ben Mailey
  • Paul Laidlaw
  • paul valentine
  • Jack the spack
  • Tom Higgins
  • Daniel francis Letts-Davies
  • Ray McGinn
  • William Farmer
  • Josh
  • Kenny Meikleham
  • david doig
  • david kala nag young
  • Gary Ford
  • William Meikleham
  • Jack Lee
  • BAD, NOT FAIR ON ELEPHANTS!! see where u r coming from tho; what the children will get from the exp'
  • Daniel Hollands
  • Sean hughes
  • Mark Cook
  • Olivia Schofield
  • lee wakefield
  • Rebecca Wood
  • Robyn Williams
  • Elizabeth Williams
  • paul savage
  • Mark Fitzpatrick
  • Jane Lees
  • T. Morgan
  • Gary Mcgowan
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  • Andrew Peck
  • Chris Thomas
  • Jessica Baxter
  • Jeffrey Hall
  • Pippa Jones
  • Eli C Guttentag
  • Stuart Leather Ban silly petitions
  • Barbra Johnstone

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