Anyone know who shot the pigeons?

[South hams hunter 8,937]

[jok 3,387]

You are having a giraffe ffs. Jok.

[kanny 21,028]

Does it involve discharging a fire arm in a built up area?.

[si brown 8,486]

23 minutes ago, kanny said:

Does it involve discharging a fire arm in a built up area?.

Probably not… the rural crew are fcukin idiots, they’ll only give lads with guns shit cos they ain’t got the arse to go out on a night in case they get filled in

ive got to point now I couldn’t give a fcuk about losing me licence and I’ll forfeit it.. 

A few that fell out of the sky a few weeks back

[terryd 8,702]

That has to be a joke surely if that is true they need sacking and let my 3 year old grand daughter do the job she has more of a clue 

[saluki bouy 763]

Ffs they should have just knocked them on the head that’s ridiculous……. Police facebook posts are pathetic do you think they actually have social media poster as a job or do they just take turns 

[sussex 5,796]

6 hours ago, South hams hunter said:

Are these people on wages ……ffs 

 

 

[tatsblisters 10,461]

Door to door enquiries for a couple of pigeons fekin heard it all now. 

[keepdiggin 9,560]

Hope the b*****ds are found 

[Bobtheferret 1,258]

If this is true it sums up everything that’s wrong with the police especially concerning rural matters. Two f***ing pigeons when there’s 9 year old being killed due the complete lack of police presence in this country.  

[Greyman 29,526]

Instead of or as well as moaning on here phone up crime stoppers and tell them how you feel, we pay them to serve and protect the public nothing more

[Nicepix 5,650]

1 hour ago, Greyman said:

Instead of or as well as moaning on here phone up crime stoppers and tell them how you feel, we pay them to serve and protect the public nothing more

Crimestoppers aren't the police. They are an independent charity. If you want to complain then write to the Commissioner explaining your view.  It won't make any difference because, as I have said before, the police and all public services have gone beyond the point when they can be saved. All the quota fillers they were taking on in the 1990's and 2000's are now in charge. The wokes run all public services including the armed forces as we saw with the RAF recruitment policy.

The country is fecked! I watched a program the other day where there were 6 or 7 double crewed traffic cars waiting for a suspect car thief. Yet they haven't got anybody to send to an assault in progress. One traffic cop bragged that they were the most pro-active unit in the police. That is because they are not tasked with attending all the facebook squabbles, drug overdoses and petty domestic disputes that are all classed as 'priorities' by the government. Nor are they the ones sat outside cells supervising vulnerable prisoners or guarding medical staff in A&E.

But, this particular situation will not help the country sports situation because they, the antis, can interpret the Animal Welfare Act to say that the shooter has a duty of care to the pigeons that are wounded. Don't laugh, because it is coming. Same with shooting over stubble. People are asking what crops are being protected? Future crops aren't covered in the legislation. This sort of situation will become more common.

Edited September 3, 2022 by Nicepix

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

14 minutes ago, Nicepix said:

 

But, this particular situation will not help the country sports situation because they, the antis, can interpret the Animal Welfare Act to say that the shooter has a duty of care to the pigeons that are wounded. Don't laugh, because it is coming. Same with shooting over stubble. People are asking what crops are being protected? Future crops aren't covered in the legislation. This sort of situation will become more common.

GL 42 states that you must comply with Animal Welfare Act 2006 and that it is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering. 

Also GL42 is in place to prevent serious damage to crops .By shooting stubbles you're reducing the population that will cause future damage to the next crops or other crops still standing.

The licence is written a bit ambiguous and has yet to be tested in court, time will tell.

In the meantime carry on shooting pigeons for crop protection and not sport

[Nicepix 5,650]

1 minute ago, FOXHUNTER said:

GL 42 states that you must comply with Animal Welfare Act 2006 and that it is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering. 

Also GL42 is in place to prevent serious damage to crops .By shooting stubbles you're reducing the population that will cause future damage to the next crops or other crops still standing.

The licence is written a bit ambiguous and has yet to be tested in court, time will tell.

In the meantime carry on shooting pigeons for crop protection and not sport

This just the sort of situation that could define the Act. It has all the hallmarks of some police inspector or sergeant going for glory.

The stubble issue has been around for a few years. If it got to court it could easily go the wrong way. Same with the duty of care issue. Dodgy ground that no shooting man wants to tread on.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Just now, Nicepix said:

This just the sort of situation that could define the Act. It has all the hallmarks of some police inspector or sergeant going for glory.

The stubble issue has been around for a few years. If it got to court it could easily go the wrong way. Same with the duty of care issue. Dodgy ground that no shooting man wants to tread on.

Unnecessary is the key word , all shooting involves death and everyone strives to make clean kills but birds do get wounded therefore it's up to the individual to  dispatch any wounded birds asap as is reasonably practicable.  

Obviously some birds fly on and it is not reasonably practicable to dispatch these so wouldn't be guilty of an offence. 

Reasonably practicable is the key phrase.

Noone has ever been convicted of shooting  pigeons that I know of as is necessary for crop protection so just carry on.