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18-05-2005, 06:01 PM
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"BAC" wrote in message ... "Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "BAC" wrote in message ... "Chris Bacon" wrote in message ... BAC wrote: (In Apr, 1997) The Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 came into force, as previously stated. I was speculating it might be possible, that, as a consequence of deliberate drowning being listed as an abuse It is not "listed as an abuse" - although it can be an abuse. "BE IT ENACTED by the Queens' most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- Offences. 1. If, save as permitted by this Act, any person mutilates, kicks, beats, nails or otherwise impales, stabs, burns, stones, crushes, drowns, drags or asphyxiates any wild mammal with intent to inflict unnecessary suffering he shall be guilty of an offence." It is, prima facie, an abuse, as listed under S1 unless covered by one of the exceptions. One of those exceptions (s2b) is the killing in a reasonably swift and humane way of a mammal taken in the course of lawful pest control activity. So, the question seems to remain, is killing a captured squirrel by drowning 'reasonably swift and humane', Ten seconds! Is that swift enough? Drowning is not humane, in my opinion, FWIW, but maybe the courts would take a different view. RSPCA told me they would arrange for the matter to be investigated, if a complaint were made on their cruelty hotline, and I suppose that would be the first step. But it is quick. |
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