Mother fined £75 for feeding ducks

LondonCypriot


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Message Posted:
12/11/2009 23:55

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1227188/Mother-fined-75-feeding-ducks-officious-warden-says-toddler-son-hes-young-prosecute.html?ITO=1490&referrer=yahoo

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 00:01

That Sandwell town for you

taraspring


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 00:03

I feed them every day, but tomorrow I am going in disguise with a wig, dark glasses, and no car.



A bloody disgrace and could really only happen in Sandwell!



The reason is of course that they eat the bread and "shit" all over the floor, and make a mess, and someone could slip? But.....

Dont the Council think that they would eat anyway, (otherwise they would die) and they eat fish out of the pond etc, make a mess "and shit all over the floor", and someone could slip.



Jobsworths! Pathetic....

I do hope the Mum does not let it drop.It is interesting that the official allowed her son (aged 17 months) to continue to feed the ducks because he was too young to be prosecuted.

LondonCypriot


Joined: 15/12/2008
Posts: 426

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 00:24

Havnt to got anything better to do than prosecute these normal human beings.

taraspring


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 01:22

I would represent her for nothing. I have a law degree.

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 01:24

My ex mother in law is the pond warden where she lives in sussex....



she has been trained by the council, and encourages the neighbours and community to feed the ducks......



bloody ridiculous to get prosecuted for feeding the ducks

Pixie


Joined: 18/03/2009
Posts: 489

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 06:23

Let me share something with you all



A few years ago I took my students to Darica zoo in Istanbul. I went there with 5 different students over a period of a few months.



The zoo was filthy and the animals looked ill kept. But there were many people and families like myself who had come for the day.



There were big signs on every cage requesting that people do not feed the animals.



Well, This is Turkey, so every mother and grandmother had a carrier bag filled with goodies from the kitchen or garden.



I happened to witness a few people feeding carrots to the lovely giraffes. My students asked earnestly why we hadnt brought anything to feed them with. I replied that it was banned and they had their own special food.



When I went back with the last of my students I was amazed to see there were no giraffes. I asked the zookeeper where they were....



He told me that they had died of poisoning.



The visitors had unintentionally poisoned them.



sad story.They never did get n

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 07:29

Pie that is a sad story,

How do you get fined for feeding the duck, god we have all let our children do that at one time

henrik



Joined: 01/10/2009
Posts: 314

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 12:45

so, to lighten up this subject I do my scientific contribution:

Feeding ducks is mostly prohibited to this reason: It is very simple and understandable when you read this in full.

You feed the ducks, the natural feeding behaviour get upside down. The ducks think they live in "plenty" and start breeding lots more ducks... These ducks shit into the water. Normal. More ducks = more shit. The bread crumps also are either eaten or sink down to the bottom of the pond, lake or whatever. Like the duck shit. This shit is disolved by bacteria. The bacteria consume lots of oxygen out of the water which is very important for the fish to live. As more shit and bread crumps are disolved by bacteria as less oxygen is in the water. This results in fish dying. Dead fish are disolved by bacterias which again pul out lots of oxygen out of the water. Result: All fish die, pond stinks, gets dark green, at the end even dead ducks and water birds. So think twice before you feed them.. (Now you know )

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 12:56

Interesting post henrik



Ducks like most creatures are territorial. If they are feeding from known hot spots (created by humans) they start fighting and compeing with each other for the food. I guess this is stressful for the ducks. It is preferable for them to feed naturally across the whole strectch of waterways, so interaction between the ducks and other wild birds is kept to a minimum. Anyway, this is what a scientist told me once.

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
13/11/2009 16:11

what a load of duck sh'''''''''''''''t !!!!!

next they'll be fining people for having bird feeders in their garden.

Britain is getting funnier than the comedians.

henrik



Joined: 01/10/2009
Posts: 314

Message Posted:
14/11/2009 22:18

"over" feeding "wild" animals is a serious subject. You could harm more than you are doing good to a few. As long as it is not allowed, you are doing more harm to nature, in the case of "feeding ducks". The explanation I gave is the way it goes. Waterproof.

Think twice..

BTW: Bird feeders, I dont think they could play an role in killing waters. I think they are ok.