Very rarely do I get angered by a subject to take a stand, this is one occassion.
The Mail, a national paper in the UK published a story about a mother being fined by the council for feeding ducks, it was litter apparently.
The councils reply was that they had a problem with Canada geese and feral pigeons and that the wardens don’t use handheld computers??? Well thought out defense.
Canada geese had flown by the time this “offence” was committed, about a month ago, I know these things, I run an award winning restaurant and understand shooting and game seasons. Besides which, I heard them leave our village pond over a weekend about a month ago.
Harry is smaller than most Canada geese and would be terrified of them, they get VERY aggressive when being fed, which leads me to think that this lady was feeding, wait for it, DUCKS with her young child.
One of the redeeming features of being a human is that you can put you hand up, say sorry and accept responsibility when you get it wrong.
If Vanessa Kelly is forced to pay a fine for her and Harry’s family afternoon out, I pledge to pay it for her.
Shame on you Sandwell !!!
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Tags: feeding ducks, fine
I couldn’t agree more…
The practice of employing numpties as wardens etc is still in vogue..:-((
Bread is very bad for ducks. Vermin concerns aside, it’s not like feeding ducks bread is something we should be encouraging. If it had been some of FarmrPhil’s mealworms, that would be different.