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Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:26 pm
by Christel
Plecotus wrote:
Either way, you spend a lot of time poking around in some of the smelliest poo going. Welcome to my world
It's often argued that habitat management on pheasant shoots is beneficial to other species and, at one level , this is certainly true. The problem comes from releasing huge numbers of what is, at the end of the day, a non-native, omniverous species into the wild.
I've little problem with most quarry shooting in the UK but I'm afraid Pheasant and (Red) Grouse is a different matter.
The smell...one Labrador finds it, rolls in it and then the next notices what is going on, we have three Labradors...
Just wondering about the Pheasant shoots, do you know how many that are being released, I have no feeling for the numbers being released now and in the past.
Pretty sure the local shoots have grown in bird numbers.
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 6:05 pm
by GeeRam
Pete wrote:As for calling them a terrorist organisation, have they actually killed or injured anyone yet?
Killing or injuring persons is not a sole prerequisite for classification as a terrorist organisation.
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 6:23 pm
by Gazza
I urge everyone who needs to shoot birds to apply for an emergency licence straight away.
If no one applies then Packham will further have his bow strengthened as it will be seen as the general licence was not needed anyway.
God that bloke p*** me off
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 6:37 pm
by ukrifleman
Heard from a gamekeeper shooting buddy this morning, that the ban has been rescinded due to a technicality.
ukrifleman
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:12 pm
by safetyfirst
Geek wrote:safetyfirst wrote:Sim G wrote:Ah, the art of conversation. Still achievable with a keyboard despite the wish of some of the adherence of 140 characters per contribution...
You know the DOD in the US changed the nuclear launch codes to more than 140 characters after Trump got in.
Evidence?
I found this with a quick Google search:
"In the United States, a single person is authorized to make the decision to use a nuclear weapon—the president. They are not required to consult with any advisors before issuing a launch order".
https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/ ... -authority
However, this article states "Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused".
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pent ... e-refused/
Although, according to this article Clinton lost the launch codes for months (maybe his mind was on Monica?).
https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-cl ... ?r=US&IR=T
Erm.
It’s a joke.
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:20 pm
by GeeRam
safetyfirst wrote:
Erm.
It’s a joke.
And a blindingly obvious one at that....
Deserving of this then I feel
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:21 pm
by Sim G
GeeRam wrote:Pete wrote:As for calling them a terrorist organisation, have they actually killed or injured anyone yet?
Killing or injuring persons is not a sole prerequisite for classification as a terrorist organisation.
Animal rights extremists were responsible for the targeting politicians with letter bombs in the early 80s. They also entered into a campaign of poisoning food in supermarkets and shops and no doubt there will be those old enough to remember the contaminating of Mars Bars with rat poison.
Likewise, there were a raft of amendments to the Public Order Act and the Harassment Act to protect those employed in industries involving animals, from violence and criminal damage.
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 8:41 pm
by Chapuis
Sim G wrote:GeeRam wrote:Pete wrote:As for calling them a terrorist organisation, have they actually killed or injured anyone yet?
Killing or injuring persons is not a sole prerequisite for classification as a terrorist organisation.
Animal rights extremists were responsible for the targeting politicians with letter bombs in the early 80s. They also entered into a campaign of poisoning food in supermarkets and shops and no doubt there will be those old enough to remember the contaminating of Mars Bars with rat poison.
Likewise, there were a raft of amendments to the Public Order Act and the Harassment Act to protect those employed in industries involving animals, from violence and criminal damage.
I seem to recall a firebombing of shops campaign by animal rights activists in the late 1970's. They targeted shops that sold fur coats. Also you shouldn't forget the campaign against the family concerned with Huntingdon Life Sciences.
All together not a nice bunch of people.
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 7:25 am
by Pete
I guess there will always be some extremist nutters on both sides of every fence................more and more we appear to be behaving like the mice in this experiment:
https://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/w ... al-problem
It doesn't end well.
Pete
Re: BREAKING: UK bans pigeon and crow shooting
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 7:30 am
by kennyc