People’s Choice Award 2026 Gold £100,000 - 250,000
Don’t Pet Me is a poetic cutout animation exposing the harsh reality of wild animals kept as exotic pets in Scottish homes. It reveals poor living conditions, unmet dietary and habitat needs, lack of veterinary care, and exploitation on social media.
The campaign—led by OneKind, Born Free, and the Scottish SPCA—urges the Scottish Government to introduce a legal permitted list of animals that can be kept as pets, allowing only species whose welfare can be properly supported in domestic settings. This measure aims to put an end to the suffering of wild animals kept in domestic settings.
Learn more about the campaign and sign the petition: https://dontpetme.org/
OneKind is a Scottish animal welfare charity that has been working end cruelty to animals for over 100 years. We fight for a world where animal cruelty is a thing of the past.
Through political lobbying, high-impact campaigns and public education, OneKind creates meaningful change to improve the lives of animals within Scotland.
Some of our recent successes in Scotland include achieving a ban on the 'sport' of foxhunting, a ban on the use of snares, ending the mass scale killing of mountain hares and securing a Bill that would ban greyhound racing in Scotland.
We align with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
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