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.

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BC Wildlife Federation
Kelowna, BC


http://www.bcwf.bc.ca/

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