Hitting a pigeon when driving
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I used to live in the country and got fairly used to mowing down cute creatures. The BMW I had at the time (an old one, more drug dealer than middle-manager) was responsible for flattening various rabbits and squirrels and, on one occasion, a vole or similar. Felt terrible about that last one.
The German car was, however, no match for a diesel Ford Focus we had in the works motor pool. I don't know if it was quiet when running at a steady speed or whether something about the shape made it hard to see, but it just kept killing things, bird and mammal alike. Most memorable was a pigeon outside Chelmsford Cathedral: the bird swept down and straight into the radiator grille of the approaching Ford. I stopped, obviously, and got out expecting to receive an opprobrious reaction from the many shoppers passing, but instead the good people of Chelmsford fell about laughing as if they had witnessed something off 'You've Been Framed'.0 -
Car_54 said:Mistral001 said:Isn't this not a matter of whether the animal is considered property or not? So strictly speaking if this particular bird had a ring on it suggesting that it was a racing pigeon it would be considered the property of someone. However, I do not think you could be blamed if you did not notice the ring.
So far as the Act is concerned, the ownership of the pigeon is irrelevant.
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Mistral001 said:Car_54 said:Mistral001 said:Isn't this not a matter of whether the animal is considered property or not? So strictly speaking if this particular bird had a ring on it suggesting that it was a racing pigeon it would be considered the property of someone. However, I do not think you could be blamed if you did not notice the ring.
So far as the Act is concerned, the ownership of the pigeon is irrelevant.
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Magpies are NOT protected. All countryfolk know that they are VERMIN and should be destroyed at EVERY opportunity. Do some research0
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castle96 said:Magpies are NOT protected. All countryfolk know that they are VERMIN and should be destroyed at EVERY opportunity. Do some research
https://www.nationalgamekeepers.org.uk/articles/the-16-pest-bird-species-are-currently-fully-protected-in-england
Do you know something they don't?0 -
shiraz99 said:Ebe_Scrooge said:shiraz99 said:uknick said:I think this comes under, "you couldn't make it up".0
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Car_54 said:Mistral001 said:Car_54 said:Mistral001 said:Isn't this not a matter of whether the animal is considered property or not? So strictly speaking if this particular bird had a ring on it suggesting that it was a racing pigeon it would be considered the property of someone. However, I do not think you could be blamed if you did not notice the ring.
So far as the Act is concerned, the ownership of the pigeon is irrelevant.
What about a real racing pigeon rather than a hypothetical one?
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Mistral001 said:Car_54 said:Mistral001 said:Car_54 said:Mistral001 said:Isn't this not a matter of whether the animal is considered property or not? So strictly speaking if this particular bird had a ring on it suggesting that it was a racing pigeon it would be considered the property of someone. However, I do not think you could be blamed if you did not notice the ring.
So far as the Act is concerned, the ownership of the pigeon is irrelevant.
What about a real racing pigeon rather than a hypothetical one?0 -
Best I saw was in Scarborough - A large seagull went for a dropped chip in the road just as car passed. That injured it, then over the next 5 minutes, it had become as flat as a pancake as other cars went over it. The other seagulls were also trying to eat the remains of the dead gull.....If the world is a stage... I want better lighting!0
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