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Adam

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/g...re/8191355.stm

At least they keep down the vermin !

On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:31:41 GMT, ARWadsworth wrote:
There is a solution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/g...re/8191355.stm

"An RSPCA inspector issued the snake's owner, Darren Bishop,
with a verbal warning"

I'm sure they'll stay awake at night worrying ... just who do the
RSPCA think they are? To go around warning (and by implication,
making threats) against members of the public?

pete wrote:
On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:31:41 GMT, ARWadsworth wrote:
There is a solution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/g...re/8191355.stm

"An RSPCA inspector issued the snake's owner, Darren Bishop,
with a verbal warning"

I'm sure they'll stay awake at night worrying ... just who do the
RSPCA think they are? To go around warning (and by implication,
making threats) against members of the public?





From http://www.rspca.org.uk/

"Private prosecutions
The RSPCA has no special powers to help it do this. Everyone in England
and Wales has the right to bring a private prosecution against someone
who they believe has committed an offence. This right exists in common
law and is preserved by section 6(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act
1985. The Law Commission reporting in 1998 said, "The right of private
prosecution is an important element in the rule of law".

In 2007, out of 137,245 complaints of cruelty investigated, 1,860 cases
were reported by our inspectors to the prosecutions department of the
RSPCA. This resulted in the conviction of 1,104 defendants, and 861
orders banning people from keeping animals.

In 97.2% of cases heard by the courts in 2007, the RSPCA achieved a
successful result. "

HTH
Andy C

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pete wrote:
On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:31:41 GMT, ARWadsworth wrote:
There is a solution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/g...re/8191355.stm

"An RSPCA inspector issued the snake's owner, Darren Bishop,
with a verbal warning"

I'm sure they'll stay awake at night worrying ... just who do the
RSPCA think they are? To go around warning (and by implication,
making threats) against members of the public?





From http://www.rspca.org.uk/

"Private prosecutions
The RSPCA has no special powers to help it do this. Everyone in England
and Wales has the right to bring a private prosecution against someone who
they believe has committed an offence. This right exists in common law and
is preserved by section 6(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. The
Law Commission reporting in 1998 said, "The right of private prosecution
is an important element in the rule of law".

In 2007, out of 137,245 complaints of cruelty investigated, 1,860 cases
were reported by our inspectors to the prosecutions department of the
RSPCA. This resulted in the conviction of 1,104 defendants, and 861 orders
banning people from keeping animals.

In 97.2% of cases heard by the courts in 2007, the RSPCA achieved a
successful result. "

HTH
Andy C

I like the bit in here

http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=animalwelfareactadvice

that says the owner of a pet is legally obliged to care for their pet
properly "by providing the abilitly to express normal behaviour". The python
was only following RSPCA guidelines.

Adam

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4m python?

Good bit of meat on one of them, few quids worth of snakeskin too


I remember doing a hash [1] run near Pangandaran [2] some years ago and
we crossed a stream with a 4m python swimming in it. Sat down in a small
cafe for a quick beer and told the locals. 15 minutes later, it was on
our table and they tried negotiating a price for the skin

enterprising bunch they were


[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers

[2] http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/sho...ia/Pangandaran
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4m python?

Good bit of meat on one of them, few quids worth of snakeskin too


I remember doing a hash [1] run near Pangandaran [2] some years ago and we
crossed a stream with a 4m python swimming in it. Sat down in a small cafe
for a quick beer and told the locals. 15 minutes later, it was on our
table and they tried negotiating a price for the skin

enterprising bunch they were


Did you buy the skin?

Adam

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writes

"geoff" wrote in message
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In message ,
ARWadsworth writes
There is a solution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/g...re/8191355.stm



4m python?

Good bit of meat on one of them, few quids worth of snakeskin too


I remember doing a hash [1] run near Pangandaran [2] some years ago
and we crossed a stream with a 4m python swimming in it. Sat down in
a small cafe for a quick beer and told the locals. 15 minutes later,
it was on our table and they tried negotiating a price for the skin

enterprising bunch they were


Did you buy the skin?

Absolutely not - it still had lumps of raw flesh on

It needed curing, hardly a job for my servant ...


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ARWadsworth wrote:

There is a solution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/g...re/8191355.stm

Well, they look like a pair of drooling 'tards. And apparently that's
also how they want to act.

Is one of them named "Adam"?

On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:31:41 GMT, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

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Adam

Love it.

I had a buddy in the navy at a submarine base, who was an authority on
birds of prey. He was used by the RSPCA etc to nurse injured and
abused birds back to health. He even had dispensation to keep an Eagle
Owl, a Barn Owl and a Kestrel at the base and he used to take them
around schools in the Gosport area.

He also had a fairly large facility in the garden of his home in the
Chatham area, his wife looked after them during the week. One sunny
weekend he put all of his birds out on the rail, on Jessies, then sat
on his patio, relaxing and having a cup of coffee. He suddenly became
aware of the next door neighbours cat sneaking under the rail, in an
attempt to snaffle a Kestrel. Unfortunately, before he could get down
there, an Eagle Owl, under which the cat was stalking, put one claw
down and crushed the cats head and was tearing it apart by the time he
arrived. In something of a quandry, he rushed down and removed the
dead cat, put it in his shed until he decided what action to take.
About half hour later the neighbour came out calling the cat, my buddy
didn't have the heart to tell them what had happened, so I believe he
just fed it to the birds later on.

On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:15:43 +0100, Old Git wrote:

Unfortunately, before he could get down
there, an Eagle Owl, under which the cat was stalking, put one claw
down and crushed the cats head and was tearing it apart by the time he
arrived.

There used to be a 'bird place' (some years ago now) at Stagsden that had
an eagle owl escape. The local news item warned against going out at night
with a pale hat on as the bird's talons could pierce a man's skull (I had a
GF like that).
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Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.

ARWadsworth wrote:
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Yebbut what about all the python poo?

A case of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly..." methinks...

On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:31:41 GMT, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

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Adam

Excellent! I'm sure a python would do well in my garden with a
plentiful supply of cats.

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