Is it April 1st?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2015978,00.html

 

"The Bill applies to all vertebrates, but a code of conduct for
invertebrates, such as lobsters, may follow."

Once again, my chips have been pissed on.

 

But I'm only giving these lobsters and crabs a warm bath......'onest!

 

Just handed a copy of it to the veterinary nurse wife. She said that most of
it is stuff that the industry/RSPCA have been screaming out for over a
number of years.

However, she was *slightly* concerned about "guidelines" like: "Shut your
cats in at night to protect them and the wildlife", particularly in the
light of this being an enabling bill[1]. **** that. We have a cat flap, and
they come and go as they damn well please. It doesn't take a big leap to
imagine a cat hating/bird loving neighbour reporting you for being "cruel"
by letting your cat out once it craps in their garden/kills a bird.

It just seems to me that this, and statements such as, "Dogs should be
introduced to cats very carefully. The dog should be on a lead at first so
that it cannot chase the cat." show yet again that we assume that people are
so fucking bereft of common sense that we have to legislate it for them.


[1] i.e. Pass it, then we'll change the regs any way we like and there's
****-all you can do about it.

 

A lot of the basic stuff is already there but so obscured by other
'rights' that the RSPCA are hampered.

My son has a neighbour who keeps catching his cat and taking it to the
vets to have it put down for exactly those reason. "It's left out and
un-loved etc." (It has a cat-flap). Fortunately the cat is 'chipped' so
the vet sends the 'loony' away and phones my lad up to collect his cat
on the way home.

This is often the thin edge of the wedge with legislation. How long till
it applies to fishing for example?

 

Fishing! my sturgeon is already hand fed Tesco's best peeled prawns! He
will be demanding warm water and a towel next..

 

Our recent addition to the family (puppy that is) learnt EXTREMELY
quickly that chasing and cornering any of our 4 cats is a *VERY* stupid
thing to do to an animal equipped with retractable claws and teeth
sharper than her own


--
Steve Parry
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and a 520i SE Touring for comfort


(not forgetting the SK90PY)

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Seems perfectly reasonable though it should be prefaced "People in urban
areas cannot keep the following animals under any circumstances > long
list <"

 

Exactly. We have three cats and a whippet, who arrived about 18 months back.
You would imagine that a breed of dog that instinctively chases things, and
can be taught to kill a rabbit with a flick of the head might pose a bit of
a risk. However, shortly after he tried to "play" with a cat, he trotted up
to me with a very thin red line down his snout and tail firmly between his
legs. The cats are in charge

 

*N*SPCC ?

 

As you mentioned it:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/058/06058.i-iii
..html

It is worth scanning quickly the sub committees hours of useless drivel
to see where our money is going to.

Originally it was done as a practical measure to reduce infection in
dogs used for hunting in thick cover. Now it's a fashion thing which is
cruel.

How do you feel about docking lambs tails?

There is a still good reason to do it.

 

The message <>

Much more cruel to leave the tails on certain working dogs.

 

That's because the royals don't spend much of their spare time
slaughtering kids for fun.

--
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http://www.muddystuff.us
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'02 MV Senna '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250

 

I think that says a lot about this small island.

 

The message <>

More interestingly, it began as the NSPCC, reflecting the population's
concern for animals, but their indifference to the suffering of
children.

 

http://www.karawynn.net/mishacat/toilet.html

HTH

 

This is the way all fgucking New Labour's egislation looks, to start
with. And then the cunts (mis)apply it however they feel.

ISTR pointing this out to you only a few days ago, in the thread about
newspapers and privacy.

How long before you have to be compulsorily DNA tested because you might
have mistreated a cat?

 

Some horrible disease arises from infection if you don't do it. A
burrowing larva, iirc.

 

DING!

 

The Older Gentleman wrote

Next Summer the programme of compulsory population DNA testing is being
rolled out in all parliamentary constituencies who have returned a left
wing Labour MP. It is being combined with Tones application for God in
such as way that there will be no opposition from proles. Long past
time for him to move into a nursing home it is starting to look like.