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British gov't to protect snails, slugs from pain & distress
Alert Date: July 13, 2004
British gov't to protect snails, slugs from pain & distress SOURCE DATE: July 11, 2004 AUTHOR: Fiona Govan PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Citizen SOURCE: The Sunday Telegraph DATELINE: LONDON LONDON - A new animal welfare law to be introduced in Britain will offer slugs and snails the same protection as cats and dogs. The law will give courts the power to impose fines of up to $50,000 and 12 months in jail on people found guilty of mistreating animals and could mean gardeners are fined for killing insects, worms, caterpillars, slugs and snails, if scientific evidence proves they have suffered pain and distress. Ministers say the law, which updates existing legislation, is needed to protect animals from abuse. Gardeners say the plan is excessive and rejected the idea they could be guilty of cruelty. Bunny Guinness, a gardening columnist and six-time winner of the gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show, said gardeners should be subject to fines for protecting their gardens. "Hundreds of slugs and snails are being slaughtered in gardens up and down the country. It would be quite ridiculous to not call that cruelty. Almost all gardeners use slug pellets or salt to keep the pests at bay,'' she said, punishment should be swift. Gardening expert John Cushnie said some aspects of the legislation were nonsensical. "To give worms and slugs protection under the law is quite correct. If I have an infestation of slugs or snails or cabbage white butterflies, then I will get rid of them in natural ways I choose. Forward planning is the key, we simply do not need to kill the slugs A claim from a psychotic animal abuser: "No one is going to tell me that the things are suffering. If I want to boil them alive, stamp on them or treat them to a slow drawn-out death by poison then I will -- and would like to see the government that would try to interfere with a man and his garden.'' The draft bill, which updates the Protection of Animals Act 1911, will be published next week by Ben Bradshaw, the minister for animal welfare. The penalties for cruelty would double the present maximum jail sentence and substantially increase the maximum fine. ***************** BCWF ALERT John B Holdstock BC Wildlife Federation Kelowna, BC http://www.bcwf.bc.ca/ The world is run by those who show up. SUPPORT ISRAEL Myths & Facts Online A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict By Mitchell G. Bard http://tinyurl.com/ysepr +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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