Petition to the House of Commons
  
    THEREFORE, we, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to:
    Create and ratify a new subsection of the Criminal Code of Canada entitled 'Offenses Against Animals', shifting all legislation in the Criminal Code of Canada relating to animal welfare (445-447) into this section and out of Part IX: Offenses Against Rights of Property; and
    Amend this newly created section to:
    (i) Recognize animals as sentient beings rather than as property; and
    (ii) Require owners of animals, and persons in charge of animals, to attend properly to the welfare of those animals.