Ridiculous Sign Against Hare Coursers

[beast 1,884]

 

there is some land near me where i have the odd walk now and then, part of an estate manged by the national trust and grazed by sheep and cattle from local farms. never in almost 20 years have i seen a hare there, and only the occasional rabbit, but i found this sign up today which i found a bit annoying.

for a start, i had a word with one of the graziers who i know, and he said there had been a couple of local boys loooking for rabbits with the lamp one evening and a passer-by had called the police, certainly no hare coursing going on.

secondly the idea of putting wires in the grass is a new one on me, is this supposed to injure the dogs, in which case is it perhaps cruelty itself? no different to illegal trapping is it?

and thirdly, what other crimes can you think of where signs are put up "just in case"? do you get signs in the street saying "danger of muggers", or stuff like that?

just seems like we are constantly being dragged into the public domain, almost trying to get the general public to report any kind of running dog activity, legal or not. tar em all with the same brush!

[arcticgun 4,548]

at least any passing coursers will know theres hares on the land, a pair of wire snippers maybe worth taking along as well

[beast 1,884]

at least any passing coursers will know theres hares on the land, a pair of wire snippers maybe worth taking along as well

 

thats the ironic thing, there hasnt been a hare there for YEARS!!!

[Simoman 110]

999 should be for real emergencies, surely?

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Report TVP to the Rspcarse for setting wires out with the intention of deliberately injuring dogs

[Malt 379]

999 should be for real emergencies, surely?

this non emergency 101 number is good enough for most things, so they keep telling us. Glad they've got their priorities straight..

[Banter 1,751]

the wire should keep them off

[Rake aboot 4,936]

the wire should keep them off

 

Who?

[Bosun11 537]

Using 999 in this way is a fecking travesty to the system an so is the fact that the tit putting up the sign didn't use galvanised washers...

[Banter 1,751]

 

the wire should keep them off

 

Who?

 

who ever we are talking about

[weasle 1,119]

Funny old world

[bird 9,973]

since the ban, they will all jump on the bang wagon mate, you got no chance taking any type of running dog out to day. i saw a women taking her pet whippets the other day, these are just show dogs never seen a rabbit .Igot talking to her once she new Buck wasnt a timber wolf lol .She told me that 1 day the police were watching from there car, called her over and asked what her 3 whippets were doing runing about in the field, your not looking for hares are you .? was asked we finished mate

[graham4877 1,181]

Illegal hare coursing is a "criminal offence"

 

just in case you don't understand what "Illegal" means..FFS what anti c**t made that sign up

[Bosun11 537]

Sign down, wires up, under the cloak of darkness, if I lived down there...

[rob284 1,682]

Rip it down, making the scenery look tatty