Dear Petition Supporters, Thank you for being with us for the long haul we appreciate your support and help that you have all provided us. Today, 16 September we received a reply from DEFRA regarding the petition. I'm not 100% happy with the reply, however it does appear that they are listening to us. At this present time we have 555k plus signatures on this petition to create a national animal abuse register. Plus there is another person in Wales which is asking for the same thing, and we are not working together. Our half million plus supports can sway elections, the politicians should listen to us! The If you would like to read the vision you can find it on this google doc's link, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8HyuCALt85_ajlSdGNUTjBPZEE/view This is our vision and we are open to change. If you want to add to this please email us, we would love to hear from you. This vision is what the DEFRA letter refers to. Should you have any questions or would like to support us further please let us know. I read each and every comment that is left here and will respond to those that ask questions directed to me! :) So, don't panic it's not the end it's still only the beginning. We will make change but it will take a long time to do it! Thank you all for your support!! Maxine x