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Something really wrong with these folk who spend their days pretending to be kids chatting sexually with nonces IMO. How could you stomach it?
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As usual when you're proven wrong when talking to someone who knows way more about a subject than you the toys come flying out the pram and the insults come pouring out. You really are a pathetic little man Lived a sad empty life so can't believe anyone else has ever done anything interesting with theirs.
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I said the regulations were down to individual local authorities, you posted the regulations from a single local authority. Are you really this thick
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Where there's blame, there's a claim dog walker absolutely is responsible for the bill and if they don't have insurance well that's their problem.
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Broke the cycle pal you should be really proud
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My sister got a full academic scholarship to some fancy full board private school (Christ's Hospital if you've heard of it) and she ended up leaving in her second year because she just could not fit in as a rough as arseholes working class lass with an Irish accent. Ended up bouncing round state schools, dropping out at 15 before going back to college to do her exams and still ended up getting in to Oxford (the only one in our family to go to Uni) Couldn't agree with your other post more pal
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You have quoted the regulations from a single local authority you absolute fecking doughnut, literally proving my point for me
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Still waiting for that apology and admission you had it wrong pal, be a man not a little girl having a sulk
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Nice paragraph here showing I'm correct to say it's down to local authorities and there's no central government rules and regulations as to how they're kept, I'm sure @Greyman will be along to apologise for saying I had no idea what I'm talking about any minute now
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That's some view that pal
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You must have been stood inside the 1st perimeter fence when you took those pics you posted?
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You haven't shared those stories so I can't really comment on how believable I find them. But how do you distinguish between a DNA sample from a black Panthera pardus and a normal coloured one? Didn't realise DNA sequencing of big cats had come along so far
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Different rules in different local authorities for DWA pal there is no centralised regulation unless you're running a zoo open to the public, you haven't a clue.
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You just said yourself the sample was only good enough to identify the genus not the species so why does the one known captive black leopard in the UK matter? They wouldn't be able to trace the sample back to it because it wasn't a complete sample, they can't even say if it was a leopard or not let alone the colour and lineage Also the fact there is only a single black leopard in the UK should clue you in on just how rare (my pal reckons non-existent but I'm sure there were a couple he didn't know about) they were in the pet trade before and after the ban. But you think there was
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You would be seriously shocked at some of the enclosures that get approved for keeping DWA in. It's all down to individual Local Authorities and the vets they decide to hire to do the inspections and plenty of them have no experience with anything more exotic than a hamster...
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I've given you my answer you fecking doughnut Why is it so hard to believe that someone who is obsessed with proving big cats roam the countryside (and stands to gain financially from finding "evidence") might decide to plant that evidence? Happens all the time with folk who are so sure of something so decide the ends justify the means and fake the evidence. Surely anyone with half a brain would be at least slightly skeptical especially given she has apparently falsified pictures before and has the means of acquiring cat DNA to plant. Completely dismissing the idea that she could
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These lads obviously never worked a job with a boss? Sure everyone who isn't self employed spends their working day taking orders
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Records of cubs/cats imported, bred (small numbers, there was never an industry of backyard big cat breeders ) and sold were kept because that's how businesses are run, that's what the estimates are based on. Wheres the contradiction? Now how about you answer my original question, how many big cats do you think were in private hands when the ban came in? And if you're feeling generous how about a rough species breakdown?
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Where did I say I was the biggest importer of exotic animals? Or claim to be Joey Exotic? I answered you question and asked you another, that's generally how conversations go if one party isn't a massive girls blouse who gets her knickers in a bunch at the slightest push back Anyway you've proven once again you can't converse on this topic rationally without throwing the insults out, pouting and refusing to answer questions so thats me out.
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It's all estimates based on numbers imported and sold but my pal who like I say was one of the biggest dealers at the time reckons at the time of the ban less than 500 were in private hands and the majority of them were either surrendered or the owners got the licence and carried on keeping them legally. As for keeping escapees under wraps well it'd lead to an awkward conversion when it came time for your renewal and inspection and you had one less cat and no proof of where it went. The fact is the majority of cats sold in the UK never even made it to adulthood, the trade was a constant c
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My experience being involved with the exotics trade for decades and my pals who were some of the biggest names in importing and dealing in large exotic mammals before and after the ban. How many big cats do you think were in private hands before the ban then?
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What gets me is there was an absolutely tiny number of cougars and black leopards in private hands when the ban came in (they weren't even the most popular species of big cat to keep) and an even smaller percentage of those cats would have been released into the wild and an even tinier percentage still would have survived but there's apparently breeding populations of both species up and down the country? Just doesn't wash. Standard coloured leopards were far more common in the pet trade (still tiny numbers) than black but you never hear of sightings of them, but of course moggies and dogs don
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Putting the good old British market stall selling cheap tat out of business
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They always say that and of course it's always a lie. I don't know if I could see them reaching a formal coalition agreement though, probably more of a confidence and supply arrangement. Would be parliamentary gridlock for the whole term and I reckon that's about the best we can hope for.
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When you look at the state we've left the world in for them can you really blame them? The first generation since the industrial revolution to end up worse off than their parents and thats without even getting into all the other ways the world is fecked.
