I usually don't go for signing petitions online as find they're quite often just scams to get your email address but I do feel this one is legitimate. It isn't signed in an email and sent on.....you go to the website to sign it. I found out about it through a Body Shop email and one of their campaigns for years has been animal protection.
So take a look at this and hopefully you will sign the petition. They're trying to make this an international thing....to help animals planet wide by getting governments to take action. So far they have over one million names and their goal is 10 million so each name on the petition is important.
Info regarding this, from the Body Shop: blog.thebodyshop.ca/