UK Bird Law

Fire of Liberty

It's a shame that you have a law that requires you to frighten a pest like a pigeon, crow, rook or any crop eating bird before you shoot it or face a fine of some $10,000 or a max of 6 months in jail. While I've never eaten these animals, I've heard they're pretty popular amongst the folks in the countryside of England. Aside from hunting them for food, this rule also applies to anyone who wants to keep these birds from eating their crops or gamebirds. I guess you're not the king of your castle in the UK. While the city folks in London might think these new laws are great for nature and the people of the countryside but they would be mistaken. Just read for yourself:

The Country Land and Business Association, the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation, the Moorland Association and the Countryside Alliance have lodged objections with the Government.

Clarissa Dickson Wright, a countrywoman and cook who enjoys cooking pigeon, said she despaired at the “fluffy bunny brigade” in the Government. She said: “Scare them off. Where to? To the next field or vegetable plot.

“What’s more, though possibly inadvertently, they have removed the countryman’s right to one for the pot.”

Thank God for the NRA and the 2nd Admendment. People of the English countryside should shout stop to the intrusive nature of the government before everything is taken away. Just imagine what life under the EU will be like.

Here's an Leader on the law in The Times.