Rspca

[Phantom 631]

Forgive me if I'm wrong, But I'm sure it is against the law to release Vermin (including Foxes) into the British Land?

[paulus 26]

Forgive me if I'm wrong, But I'm sure it is against the law to release Vermin (including Foxes) into the British Land?

nope http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/8389526/City-foxes-are-being-dumped-dazed-and-helpless-on-farmland.html

[Phantom 631]

 

Forgive me if I'm wrong, But I'm sure it is against the law to release Vermin (including Foxes) into the British Land?

nope http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/8389526/City-foxes-are-being-dumped-dazed-and-helpless-on-farmland.html

 

 

Proves Nowt Paul

 

After watching those Animal rescue rspca documentories on sky and beeb1, I'm sure they said that releasing Foxes and certain species of Deer was illegal :

 

I was also brought up to believe that releasing Foxes was illegal.

Now I'm confused

[kanny 20,475]

Omfg this may stir up quite a bit of shit with the shotgun lads aswell?

Cant fukin shoot pigeons my arse.

Thing is joe public doesnt have a mind of his own to make up so as soon as he sees this on tv he will automatically think its correct information.. then waste police time by calling them in on a pest controller or something like that.

there not saying that pigeons cant be shot period but under the general licence you have to have reason to do so ie crop protection or fouling animal feeders ect so its arguable that there's no reason to shoot a pigeon in the average garden.

 

atb

 

 

kanny

[moxy 617]

Section 14 of WCA 1981. Schedule 9. i believe its only illegal if its suffering from mange.

 

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/PDF/waca1981_schedule9.pdf

 

http://archive.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/management/non-native/documents/section-14-guidance.pdf

[paulus 26]

 

 

Forgive me if I'm wrong, But I'm sure it is against the law to release Vermin (including Foxes) into the British Land?

nope http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/8389526/City-foxes-are-being-dumped-dazed-and-helpless-on-farmland.html

 

 

Proves Nowt Paul

 

After watching those Animal rescue rspca documentories on sky and beeb1, I'm sure they said that releasing Foxes and certain species of Deer was illegal :

 

I was also brought up to believe that releasing Foxes was illegal.

Now I'm confused

 

its only illegal to release non native species

[moxy 617]

 

Omfg this may stir up quite a bit of shit with the shotgun lads aswell?

Cant fukin shoot pigeons my arse.

Thing is joe public doesnt have a mind of his own to make up so as soon as he sees this on tv he will automatically think its correct information.. then waste police time by calling them in on a pest controller or something like that.

 

there not saying that pigeons cant be shot period but under the general licence you have to have reason to do so ie crop protection or fouling animal feeders ect so its arguable that there's no reason to shoot a pigeon in the average garden.

 

atb

 

 

kanny

Hence my first post.

 

Just because its on the licence doesent give you the right to shoot everything on sight.

 

Now that the public have yet again been misinformed and the public ignorance level steps up a notch. Just think before you plink.

[barrywhite 282]

It would be nice if the RSPCA would get cat owners to stop there cats killing song birds .Also I do believe foxes captured in London are released in Wales and Leicestershire I have heard this from four different people .Some one is supposed to have shot a fox with a tag on it .Harringay on tag .This is what I have heard not what I know .

[moxy 617]

I don't doubt that captured foxes are being released as per paulus's link.

 

But they are completely legal to do so.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Pigeons, rabbits, foxes, are not classed as vermin, so there for have protection under the wildlife act, they can only be classed as a pest, to comply with the general licence you have to have employed non lethal methods first, like fencing and netting, and if that doesn't work, you can whack them all

[moxy 617]

, you can whack them all

But not always in your back yard. Or next door but two's tree. Lol.

[smithie 2,443]

i know of a chap who shot a fox with a skar on its back leg from having stitches.. somebody lets them go

[stealthy1 3,964]

 

, you can whack them all

But not always in your back yard. Or next door but two's tree. Lol.

 

 

Night vision

[barrywhite 282]

Also I was told someone was invited to look into the back of a van .the van was full of caged foxes going to Wales from London .

[Stormspiel 17]

On the main news today was the RSPCA reporting an increase in cats being shot with air rifles......

 

Two out of my mums 3 cats have .177's lodged in their backs

 

Has to be some scrote with a £30 chinese rifle as they're only just under the skin on both, can even tell which way they're facing they're that shallow.

 

As for the RSPCA, much the same opinion as everyone else