On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:16:10 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:
Clint Sharp wrote:
Rob Morley writes
Air rifle, you thought it was feral as it didn't have a collar on and it
was a legitimate pest control measure.

That won't stand up in court. Good job too.
It might not.... AFAIK though, shooting feral cats is a pest control
exercise and not illegal. As far as I'm concerned, moggies are all
vermin and any animal that the 'owner' can't control is feral.

You may think that. The law would disagree with you and act
accordingly.

What could the law do?

Quite a bit.

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• It is an offence to shoot pet animals. Besides being abhorrent to
most people, this is, above all others, the offence that gives all air
weapon shooters a bad name.
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I wanted a particular air gun, common a few years ago and was amazed
to find it now a "prohibited weapon", along with machine guns etc.