Stealth Stalker Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've been working on getting permission on a site near me for about a year now that is teeming with rabbits. I control a guys garden that backs on to this area & his garden is in a serious state with the amount of bunnies that pour through from this patch of waste land. I've been in talks with the land owners explaining to them there legal obligation to control the rabbit population & they put me in touch with the agents that look after it (or not as is obvious) I got a point blank refusal from them to go anywhere near there, & there is nothing more frustrating than pursing up 60 nets alongside his boundary wall and seeing 30 or so rabbits running under the wall & to safety :o I got my client to contact the agents, explaining that he is paying me good money to control there problem rabbits & each time I clear them more move in. And he is not a happy chappy. My client phoned me yesterday saying he's been sent a document from the agents stipulating that no firearm, air rifle or shotgun may be used, ferrets, purse & longnets may I must have £5million insurance cover, he is responsible for looking after the land against poachers & the rabbit population should it get out of hand Even though it already is? He is quite understandardly not happy with this. Speaking to my gamekeeper mate he reckons the land agents have sent him a standard land tenancy agreement document something you might expect if you were taking on a deer control management? All I want to do is get over there and conrol there problem rabbits for my client Has anyone else come across anything like this before? SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 SS I feel that your client should write to the agents, stating the problem and insist that they discharge their legal responsibility to control the rabbits. He could mention you, but state that you are not prepaired to undertake the task without the use of firearms as feretting will have limited results for various reasons. If after that, he does not recieve a more favourable reply. I would suggest that his solicitor writes to them quoting chapter and verse. A few photographs included may assist, together with a few copies of your bills for work so far. Mungler may have a few ideas. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 SS, Some of this may be useful as a basis for reply: http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countrysi...ates/rabbit.htm Particularly: "Legal status All occupiers have statutory obligations regarding wild rabbits that are harbouring on their land. An Order has been made under Section One of the Pests Act 1954 by which England and Wales (except for the City of London, the Isles of Scilly and Skokholm Island) have been declared a Rabbit Clearance Area. In this area, every occupier of land is responsible for destroying wild rabbits on his/her land or for taking steps to prevent them causing damage. This is a continuing obligation" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Interesting scenario. >>Nuisance?<< Bet you there will be some case law on it - probably relating to rats and deralict buildings. Actually this >>one<< isn't too bad as a definition either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 SS I feel that your client should write to the agents, stating the problem and insist that they discharge their legal responsibility to control the rabbits. He could mention you, but state that you are not prepaired to undertake the task without the use of firearms as feretting will have limited results for various reasons. If after that, he does not recieve a more favourable reply. I would suggest that his solicitor writes to them quoting chapter and verse. A few photographs included may assist, together with a few copies of your bills for work so far. Mungler may have a few ideas. webber Don't think guns will be an option here, its only a thin strip of land of about 10 acres with the M25 behind & a B road infront overlooked by houses, it might be cleared for 12ft lb air but I'm not that bothered about shooting it. Ferreting would be the prefered method. Cheers SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Interesting scenario. >>Nuisance?<< Bet you there will be some case law on it - probably relating to rats and deralict buildings. Actually this >>one<< isn't too bad as a definition either. Cheers Mung for the links, couldn't make head nor tail of em SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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