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[steve t 943]

Unbelievable 

[Bakerboy 4,736]

Fcking sickening

[Greyman 28,762]

Look on the bright side if he played golf it would cost him that much to join a club and chase a ball so if he’s had a few years at it between fines it’s a cheap sport my boy pays way over a grand for a years fishing on a decent syndicate  it’s all relative don’t mean I agree with it should be every mans right to feed himself 

[paulus 26]

Surely the offence was not as indicated in the article but rather a trespassing in pursuit of game or similar offence, The fact he had dogs and ferrets is just misleading the public into thinking the use of dogs and ferrets is against the law, I am talking about England here as i am not sure on the laws in Scotland. 

[forest of dean redneck 11,679]

How’s it a wildlife crime? Or are you not allowed to hunt rabbits now ?

I assume he didn’t have permission and was poaching .

[WataWalloper 425]

Banned in Scotland ain’t it

[jok 3,296]

I was caught bang to rights poaching salmon near Lauder. Scottish Law took everything I had except the clothes I was wearing. Question. How did he get on with his dog/s ferrets, nets etc. Quite apart from the fine it can be quite brutal. Jok.

[The one 8,487]

Be poaching ? and you cant use dogs in pursuit of rabbits in Scotland 

[jok 3,296]

What an immotive subject. If someone rears and farms a bird/ animal then anyone who harms should be punished. If a bird/ animal is deemed wild then no one owns it/them unless trespass is the main issue. Whilst goose shooting on the Solway, as long as you gained access to the foreshore without trespass, ie, down a brook, then you can do no harm. Also, it is, I believe, illegal to repatronise wild rabbit to areas on which they have become scarce. Going back to the mixi days you were asked to take care of making sure that not one was spared. So now it is a criminal offence punishable by high fines and I’m guessing confiscation of equipment. I agree with the sentiment. Mental. Jok.

[bird 9,944]

1 hour ago, jok said:

What an immotive subject. If someone rears and farms a bird/ animal then anyone who harms should be punished. If a bird/ animal is deemed wild then no one owns it/them unless trespass is the main issue. Whilst goose shooting on the Solway, as long as you gained access to the foreshore without trespass, ie, down a brook, then you can do no harm. Also, it is, I believe, illegal to repatronise wild rabbit to areas on which they have become scarce. Going back to the mixi days you were asked to take care of making sure that not one was spared. So now it is a criminal offence punishable by high fines and I’m guessing confiscation of equipment. I agree with the sentiment. Mental. Jok.

The word and only word is = trespass,  on place with no permission.  That's the crime you done . If after a wild animal rabbits, wild salmon. Regards  birds  partridge  pheasant  ,farm bred salmon,  all been bred by man, different ball game  then.??

[tatsblisters 10,027]

Gone are the days of 2 figure fines for poaching a few rabbit's for the pot by ferreting without permission . I remember lads getting a fine in the late 70s for rabbiting on wastelands and golf courses and myself was prosecuted for ferreting on an old disused air base in the 80s . Now when these cases come to court it's all about the amount of money they can get out of the guilty to keep the coffers topped up meanwhile persistent shop lifters just get a slap on the wrist as they know those that commit the crime of shoplifting especially to fund a drug habit getting any money out of them is like getting blood out of a stone as they know they wont pay it unlike the lad mooching about doing a bit of ferreting without permission. Making it a wildlife crime is just their way of spicing it up to try and justify the fine for catching what's considered vermin in reality.

[pengelli 373]

they have took away one of our basic human rights that being to feed ourselves by hunting our own food this law was brought about up here by humza yousaf and his side kick patrick harvey who were more interested in gay rights at the time trying to muster up votes because they knew they were on their way out now we are stuck with these unjust laws they are totally despicable 

[pengelli 373]

20 hours ago, jok said:

I was caught bang to rights poaching salmon near Lauder. Scottish Law took everything I had except the clothes I was wearing. Question. How did he get on with his dog/s ferrets, nets etc. Quite apart from the fine it can be quite brutal. Jok.

dont know the law but im pretty sure they cant take livestock from you up here only nets and other stuff but as i said im not 100% about that

[jok 3,296]

What an immotive subject. If someone rears and farms a bird/ animal then anyone who harms should be punished. If a bird/ animal is deemed wild then no one owns it/them unless trespass is the main issue. Whilst goose shooting on the Solway, as long as you gained access to the foreshore without trespass, ie, down a brook, then you can do no harm. Also, it is, I believe, illegal to repatronise wild rabbit to areas on which they have become scarce. Going back to the mixi days you were asked to take care of making sure that not one was spared. So now it is a criminal offence punishable by high fines and I’m guessing confiscation of equipment. I agree with the sentiment. Mental. Jok.

[jok 3,296]

They took my car. My jewellery. All contents of the car. They even confiscated some of the fish the barstewards. Luckily for me, in a jocular way, they missed a few which I’d hidden up which I managed to sell. Like I say. Brutal. Jok.