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Topic : Animal Welfare |
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| Kieran |
What are the general views about animal welfare within the village? Do cruelty issues exist? Are there enough services to deal with issues? |
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| Peter |
.... and why do you ask? |
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| Kieran |
I'm interested in animal welfare and in community projects. I don't think there are issues in silsden, but that doesn't necessarily mean they don't exist. If there are non my query goes away, if there are some then hopefully we can start to talk about them. |
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| FIELD |
What levels of issue are you looking at? |
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| Kieran |
The general views of the people of silsden .. the topic could range from cruelty to general welfare (such as the treatment of injured wild animals or handling missing pets) to other topics such as wildlife conservation |
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| GAMEKEEPER |
Following the bird flu epidemic a couple of years ago, people who had 50 or more birds, chicks or eggs for hatching where required to register with DEFRA, on the poetry register. The virus appears to have sunk into obscurity. I registered the dozen or three birds I owned at the time, as did several other allotment holders. I understand that if you own sheep, singularly or plural, you should have a small holders license. Is this correct? How would i go about getting one? What are the legal requirements? |
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| Kieran |
Apparently Ireland (Cork) had an outbreak of bird flue in March but it was a milder strain (H5N2). There was a 1km exclusion zone put in place and over a hundred birds (pheasants) were culled. The birds were consigned from the UK. Birds were also culled at another site in Ireland. www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2012/april/title,62396,en.html Its a good example of a welfare issue as quick identification of the virus could prevent its spread. I am interested also in the welfare of wild birds and this example also highlights the need for appropriate hygiene practices to prevent the spread of viruses and diseases when handling wild birds. I'm not sure about the requirements for keeping sheep. The RSPCA have produced a booklet that is available as a pdf document at the following web address: content.www.rspca.org.uk/cmsprd/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobnocache=false&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1233002843953&ssbinary=true |
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| Kieran |
Hi Gamekeeper I've also found the following information from DEFRA, which I think will answer most of your queries about keeping sheep (otherwise, maybe some other members could offer further help??). Kieran www.defra.gov.uk/food-farm/animals/sheep-goats/ |
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| GAMEKEEPER |
Thank you for the information. I am guessing that the birds in Ireland where captive bred stock. it should be noted that wild and released pheasant can range several miles in a day, making monitoring and control extremely difficult. Pheasant stocks that are awaiting release are usually kept in large mesh runs, meaning that they are vulnerable to airborne viruses such as bird flu. |
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| Kieran |
I'm not sure. The exclusion zone was 1km which, based on your knowledge about the range of wild and released pheasants, implies they were captive bred stock. |
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| GAMEKEEPER |
With my previous comments taken into account and the increase in the number of people owning small numbers of poultry etc, I believe that registration on the DEFRA poultry register should be made compulsory. Likewise, I would like to see the return of dog licensing. If both of the above was to be implemented, the welfare of the animals can to some extent be monitored. It would eliminate, or at the very least reduce some of the comon issues we see on this and other websites on a daily basis. The costing and policing of the schemes will be an issue, the poultry register is currently free, as it is voluntary for those who have less than 50 birds. |
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| old_miner |
Well there are an awful lot of miserable looking dogs. Suspect all they want is a good run and find themselves tied up most of the time. Plenty of pissed off cats to who really hate having to share territory with other cats. Of course most people think animals think like humans, they don't. Dogs are a pack animal and cats are loners. Horses are herd animals and really do not like being alone. |
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| localman |
cats are not loners as three of them keep sh---ing in my garden but it will not happen for much longer. |
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| GAMEKEEPER |
Don't forget the "big brother" element Localman! On a similar note, I managed to catch the John Craven report on Badger baiting on Countryfile last night. The concept of a voluntary rural watch group could be a good idea. I am conscious that badgers are capable of harming poultry and livestock, desimating the former and TB for the latter. There are vaccines available for TB, Controlled culling under license for badgers attacking poultry stocks? Eitherway, Badger baiting and gassing of sets should NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES be considered acceptable! |
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