tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post934431755661568872..comments2024-03-02T02:56:21.007+00:00Comments on ......SHOT BY BOTH SIDES: Wilbur goes nationalKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-86554294241572197372009-08-12T09:56:41.866+01:002009-08-12T09:56:41.866+01:00Stating the obvious: snakes that pose any danger s...Stating the obvious: snakes that pose any danger should be included in the dangerous wild animals list. As I have read somewhere else, a snake that big is dangerous to a baby. As it happened, in the pub I met a visitor who has to handle DWA business in another LA, and he gave me an explanation that solved a puzzle: why can a pet shop keep a poisonous snake but (thankfully) not be allowed to sell them? Its the law, innit?<br />And another obvious point: cats own their servants (people).dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-74661191580916719362009-08-12T09:35:34.983+01:002009-08-12T09:35:34.983+01:00I also am completely baffled by the indignation of...I also am completely baffled by the indignation of these cat owners. If you let the cat roam (and as DK pointed out, crap) wherever it pleases you have to accept that harm may come to it.<br /><br />What if the cat was hit by a car? Would they be calling to ban them?<br /><br />I'm not sure what they think changing the law will achieve anyway, because, of course, the Dangerous Dogs Act is <i>so</i> successful in stopping people own dangerous dogs, isn't it?! If people want an animal, they'll own it.Bristol Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143336218499645984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-22867087858053110702009-08-09T20:28:23.679+01:002009-08-09T20:28:23.679+01:00Kerry,
What on earth is the point of this campaig...Kerry,<br /><br />What on earth is the point of this campaign? Wilbur's owner wants snakes to be licensed: why?<br /><br />Wilbur was on someone else's property—as cat's usually are (as far as I can see, cats usually spend their time crapping in other people's gardens so that there owners can repeat the myth about cats burying their doings).<br /><br />Can Wilbur read a licence? Nope.<br /><br />Can Squash read a licence? Nope.<br /><br />Perhaps you would advocate that the snake be kept indoors all of the time? So, you would make the life of one animal—the one which kept to its own territory—more miserable so that another can roam around doing precisely as it pleases?<br /><br />And what if it had attacked a child? Do you know anything about pythons, Kerry? They tend to be territorial and, if well fed, pretty sluggish.<br /><br />I find your support for this campaign pretty unpleasant—although, of course, I may be biased by the fact that I loathe cats with a flaming passion.<br /><br />DKDevil's Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832949569501846730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-56246476663312246342009-08-09T11:55:46.359+01:002009-08-09T11:55:46.359+01:00Nigel, the constituents came to me and asked for s...Nigel, the constituents came to me and asked for support. It's taken up a tiny, tiny percentage of my time. Plenty else going on, but I can't blog about buses every single day!Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-68404744048408792272009-08-09T10:29:39.330+01:002009-08-09T10:29:39.330+01:00Quite frankly I'd rather have the animals roam...Quite frankly I'd rather have the animals roaming the streets than their owners.<br />I like animals but I also hunt, not that a townie/veggie would be able to get their head around that.Remember Rememberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822841376973577337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-11002599352218777662009-08-09T10:23:10.743+01:002009-08-09T10:23:10.743+01:00Kerry, I don't doubt the importance of safe ne...Kerry, I don't doubt the importance of safe neighbourhoods, but surely there are more important things that you can be spending your time on and campaigning for?Nigel Legghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318726525628444834noreply@blogger.com