Protection of Birds

Most birds are completely protected by law. It is sometimes thought that those birds which are often called vermin can be killed at any time by anyone. That is not so. Birds which are regarded as pests (magpies, woodpigeon, crows etc.) may only be killed by what the law calls an 'authorised person', that is the person who owns the land or who has permission to shoot pests. A trespasser or a person who shoots at such a bird in a public place will commit offences against the Firearms Act for having a gun and also against the law on the protection of birds by killing, or even trying to kill, a wild bird when he is not an authorised person.
(bekowsquap Was raptured on, Wed 5 May 2010, 15:47, 4 replies)

Hahahhahahaha yeah that will stop it.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 5 May 2010, 15:56, closed)

Are you the person at parties that shits on fun ideas with great steaming turds of dull reality?

( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 5 May 2010, 16:22, closed)

buzz killington
Now does anybody know a good story about a bridge?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 5 May 2010, 16:24, closed)

Depends
On the bridge!

/confused
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 5 May 2010, 16:33, closed)

Family Guy reference

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 5 May 2010, 16:34, closed)

Ah sorry.
I'm good for Battlestar, H2G2, Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate...
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 5 May 2010, 16:38, closed)

Stars
in their eyes?
(Raol Duke, Wed 5 May 2010, 19:09, closed)

To be fair
an organised B3ta bird hunt would inevitably end up resembling 'Stop the Pigeon', and would pose little actual threat to the bird
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 5 May 2010, 19:14, closed)

^this
It's when you get some dumb fuck who can't tell a pest species from a protected one - that's what pisses me off. When they tried to cull the Ruddy Ducks, some of the people they hired were fuckwits who shot native and migratory birds of other species.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 6 May 2010, 9:50, closed)