Cap Out-Of-Hours Veterinary Fees to Prevent Pet Abandonment

Introduce regulations to cap charges for essential veterinary emergency treatments carried out outside normal working hours, ensuring fees are fair, transparent, and proportionate, by scrapping excessive mark-up prices.

373 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Monday 27th April 2026
Last 24 hours signatures
1
Signature Deadline
Tuesday 27th October 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 374

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Pet owners are being charged disproportionately high fees for basic veterinary treatments outside normal hours. While higher costs for emergency care are expected, many practices charge 200–300% more for routine procedures such as blood tests and IV fluids. These costs place owners under severe financial pressure, sometimes forcing them to surrender or euthanise pets. With many dogs/cats having to be given up or just abandoned on the streets.


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