richg Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Animal rights activists release 400 pheasants from release pen in wood (Big clue here) "RELEASE" You could'nt make it up. IT MADE ME LAUGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim85 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) More like went chasing birds around the woods and scaring them / putting them under alot of stress.... Link here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nick-clegg/10385203/Animal-activists-free-birds-allegedly-at-estate-used-by-Nick-Clegg.html Edited October 18, 2013 by Tim85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 The Daily Telegraph should be ashamed of itself for that story. The reporter also said that grouse had been released along with the pheasants and partridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Yet another case of news reporters showing that they quite simply haven't got a clue about what they are writing about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Yet another case of news reporters showing that they quite simply haven't got a clue about what they are writing about! Quite. An uninformed (or deliberately misleading?) media informing an uninformed general public, many of whom tend to believe everything they read in the papers or see on the TV, and then in the face of a lack of contrary information have nothing else on which to base an opinion. This is what we're up against. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cockerman59 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 I my be wrong but I thought that all burds must be released before the start of that birds season. So keeping pheasant in a roofed pen after the start of the season is wrong.? Or am I incorrect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy130 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) You are incorrect Edited October 20, 2013 by worthy130 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malantone Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 You are incorrect Not sure :- Glynn Evans, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation's head of game and gamekeeping, said: “Birds that are released for shooting are gradually introduced to the wild from protected pens during the summer, and before shooting starts they will be well established living freely in the wild. "Any birds retained after that date would be breeding stock. This action is therefore unlikely to have any effect on the shoot, but uncontrolled release of birds into a wild environment to which they have not become accustomed shows no regard for the animal’s welfare. if these birds were destined for release to be shot at, then they should have been gone prior to the start of the season, If however they were being retained as breeding stock the ok. that's my understanding of the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 There is no law what there is is good practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malantone Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 There is no law what there is is good practice Fair enough I`m all for good practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.