This could have bit us in the bum bigtime!

Well done to all those involved

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Tight Lines - leon

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At last commonsense prevails....

On the other hand, there was a bit in today's Angling Times, about a proposed exhibition of caged birds where they are traded amongst licenced pet shop dealers. A big affair held at B'ham NEC in the past. It was cancelled because 12 people protested to a council. So much for democracy - the opinions of 12 people outweighs the will of those who don't register an objection.
Does the council concerned have a very small electoral roll - or are they just hard of thinking?

As Keith Arthur rightly said - what would happen if an angling show was held in that borough?

If it hadn't been for the vigilance of our angling representative organisations, the original wording of the bill would have enabled anyone with anti leanings to report an angler with a fish for prosecution under the bill.

This is one of the reasons why far more anglers need to get behind the representative organisations. There's plenty of environmental legislation etc in the pipeline that could open us up to malicious prosecution unless we are supporting those prepared to crawl through the paperwork, spot the danger, then lobby effectively to block those aspects that have been badly and dangerously framed.

For instance, Do you fancy being prosecuted under pollution laws for chucking in some groundbait for instance?

No?

Then as an angler you need to be supporting those who are working for angling.

Tight Lines - leon

Leon, the sad thing is the majority of anglers feel/think they are safe and that angling will never come under threat.

It's good to see that we live to fight another day!!

Have you heard what the statement was that Martin Salter made at the NFA conference yesterday was about??

lyn

lyn

He was making the announcement that angling and commercial fishing were both excluded from the Animal Welfare Bill after lobbying and evidence from angling and commercial bodies.

He was also attempting to push angling unity forward.

Both good things.

Mike

Can I somehow get done for having two nut feeders, two wild seed feeders, a black sunflower seed feeder, a fatball feeder, a square fruit suet feeder, a fatball holder hook thing, two bird tables, a hanging bird water holder, three bird houses (tit, sparrow and robin) and a bird bath?
The wild birds are not my pets but eat plenty and get treated well in my garden.
If I stop feeding them can I get done for cruelty?
If I dont clean all of these things properly and give the birds salmonela poisoning will I get a visit?
Am I turning into Chesters?

The answer to all of your questions, Rudd, is 'No'. The birds are all wild, are not owned by you, not in your possession nor (in the legal sense) 'kept'.

You are not changing into Chesters, either. I would guess he keeps stuffed birds in a cage (no welfare or cruelty issues there, then) because he has found that looking after them in this state is easy, and there's no messy cleaning-up or feeding to carry out. Moreover, being stuffed, they cannot waken you early with birdsong.