Owl Dead

topdaddy_2

matttye wrote: »

Yes I would take an injured animal to the vet. I'd value an animal's life above my car any day of the week.



Obviously not. I thought it went without saying that I would only stop if it was safe to do so but obviously you have to be really specific on the internet otherwise people come up with all sorts of crazy scenarios and ask if you should stop. :rotfl:



See above.

What a foolish attitude.

Captaincodpiece

societys_child wrote: »

Yeah, I know, but it seems to depend on who ran it over, if it wasn't you, you can take it.

Still no link to any actual legislation though aardvark will be along with that soon.

Aretnap

OnanTheBarbarian wrote: »

Isn't it the case of you are not allowed to pick up what you have run over, but the next vehicle along can?

Maybe urban legend, I don't know.

I strongly suspect it's an urban legend. I can't imagine why the law would ever say that.

It's certainly not true about deer. The Deer Act makes it illegal to remove the carcass of any deer without the landowner's consent - it doesn't say anything about an exception when the bloke in front of you ran it over. (link) I'd be very surprised if it was true for any other type of animal.

force_ten wrote: »

it is something to do with Killing animals with intent to steal

if you hit a animal and kill it and then stop and pick it you could potentially be prosecuted for Killing an animal with intent to steal.

If there was such an offence as "killing an animal with intent to steal" it wouldn't apply to a road accident, as you had no intention of stealing it (or killing it, for that matter) at the time you killed it.

societys_child wrote: »

Not found any legislation, just this:
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4239387.The_new_Sussex_delicacy_%20_%20_road_kill/

However, before picking up road kill, there are certain laws to be aware of. It is illegal to run over an animal and then eat it so, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the game animal would belong to the land owner, which would be the Highways Agency. But if the car in front hits the animal, then it is fine for someone else to pick it up and cook.

That doesn't make any sense. Either the carcass is the property of the Highways Agency or it's not. If it is, then nobody except the Highways Agency can take it - it doesn't matter where they were in the traffic. It sounds rather like a case of local news reporter phoning up DEFRA and getting through to a junior member of staff, who's told him something he read on the internet... and the reporter then mangles it further in writing his report.

Captaincodpiece

Aretnap wrote: »

I strongly suspect it's an urban legend. I can't imagine why the law would ever say that.

It's certainly not true about deer. The Deer Act makes it illegal to remove the carcass of any deer without the landowner's consent - it doesn't say anything about an exception when the bloke in front of you ran it over. (link) I'd be very surprised if it was true for any other type of animal. aardvaak says its law so it must be.


If there was such an offence as "killing an animal with intent to steal" it wouldn't apply to a road accident, as you had no intention of stealing it (or killing it, for that matter) at the time you killed it.unless of course there was intent


That doesn't make any sense. Either the carcass is the property of the Highways Agency or it's not. If it is, then nobody except the Highways Agency can take it - it doesn't matter where they were in the traffic. It sounds rather like a case of local news reporter phoning up DEFRA and getting through to a junior member of staff, who's told him something he read on the internet... and the reporter then mangles it further in writing his report.that bit comes from the act covering deer. Someone has wrongly interpreted HA to be the land owner

Pigs, cattle, goat, !!!, sheep, horse, mule and dog are the only animals ( think) covered in the road traffic act for accidents certainly don't remember owls being there

27col

Troll or complete wally. Take your pick.

AdrianC

Squirrel - you take all the fun out of it. I was looking forward to the YouTube vid of the OP trying to put a !!!!ed-off, terrified and injured bird of prey into his car.

Captaincodpiece

aardvaak wrote: »

On my way home today on a small country road there was a very large artic lorry travelling in front of me and looked out of place on such a small road

I saw this lorry hit an owl and it fluttered at the side of the road - I went back to look for it but could not find it.

I looked at the markings on the lorry but there was no telephone number on it only what looked like a very large reg number printed on the back, which wasn't it's.

Had I seen a phone number I would of phoned this idiots transport manager to cause him trouble for his disgusting behavior in not stopping - it wouldn't of taken much and he might of helped.

Surely he could not of been in that much of a hurry. I hope he has a long think about it but was probably just another thick lorry driver.

Is that what you call a C class road?
I'm really confused as every time I google C class I get Mercedes cars.

matttye

topdaddy wrote: »

What a foolish attitude.

Care to elaborate?

jimjames

Captaincodpiece wrote: »

He's done nothing wrong.

44 tonnes against a bird did he even know he hit it?

I hit a pigeon on a motorway once.

Only realised by the cloud of feathers in my rear view mirror. Should I have stopped?

Babbawah

Here's where Babbawah gets kicked off.

MSE forum died when Dear Martin cashed in his chips. Almost overnight the traffic went to a fraction of its previous highs.

A forum is much like a pub, you walk into a pub & if it's empty then you might drink a polite half, or you might just turn heel & walk right out.

MSE forum is now populated by 'paid to post' types & staff.

It's an illusion to keep up a pretence. It isn't sustainable.

The forum will become nothing more than another realm of the troll.