Changes to the general license

[Stavross 13,711]

5 minutes ago, Rez said:

I’d be in for that should it be a way to go. But then why stick with sub 12  

You would still need FAC for anything over 12, sad times

[Rez 4,957]

Just now, Stavross said:

You would still need FAC for anything over 12, sad times

We’re all getting bummed by the establishment.

[Stavross 13,711]

You better believe it, the little man never comes out on top

[philpot 4,925]

Well we just have to wait and see lads.

Phil

[Stavross 13,711]

Terryd has posted the email an email in the rifle section that is very similar to the one I received last night if you want a look at it

[Jonjon79 13,340]

I was just reading that ..........

https://tinyurl.com/y6dow8eg

 

Fair answer from that MP - it's just a shame that the 'government ministers' involved didn't kick it down the road and delay it (as we know they can when it suits them) so that we could crack on as normal while it's sorted.

[Longshanx 832]

Reading these 3 links on the Gov website has confused me. It states that you don't need to apply for a licence if you have permission from the land owner along with a few other things??

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wild-birds-licence-to-take-or-kill-for-conservation-purposes

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wild-birds-licence-to-take-or-kill-to-prevent-damage-or-disease

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wild-birds-licence-to-take-or-kill-for-health-or-safety-purposes

So as long as you have permission can you still carry out pest control on pigeons, crows etc? 

Edited April 25, 2019 by Longshanx

[Stavross 13,711]

That’s the old GL mate, the new ones will need to be the same or very similar, no farmer has time to do his own pest control so that’s why it needs to be a GL so the like of me and you can do it and it doesn’t tie farmers and keepers up in a load of red tape having to apply for cull licenses for individual animals and who they want to do this

[Deker 3,450]

Perhaps I'm just getting old but I can't keep up with this, I believe I have counted this topic in 5 different threads in different places on THL and I keep darting from one to the other and lose track of conversations.

I think the idea is that NE is looking at the situation and rewording the GL for individual species and individual reasons, and new GL versions will start to emerge in the next few days, although full rewriting and implementation will take several weeks.

If all the threads were combined it would be a lot easier for old boys like me to follow!

[Jonjon79 13,340]

Thanks for your support Sue Fisher    

 

 

[Longshanx 832]

2 hours ago, Stavross said:

That’s the old GL mate, the new ones will need to be the same or very similar, no farmer has time to do his own pest control so that’s why it needs to be a GL so the like of me and you can do it and it doesn’t tie farmers and keepers up in a load of red tape having to apply for cull licenses for individual animals and who they want to do this

Dug into the page a bit further and clicked on updates. It does state that the licence will end on the 25th

Never mind back to being on a downer

Should have read into it a bit more over my morning coffee

[LuckOrJudgement 437]

It's coming up as a discussion topic on the Jeremy Vine Radio2 show in a minute.

[mattwhite 1,992]

Just spoken to basc and these revoked laws dont apply in wales apparently so all is good over here.

There are going to be new temporary guidelines on NE website to cover individuals for avian pest control possibly later today and hopefully within a week there will be a new set of more indepth general licences covering the pest species. 

From what i could gather, fingers crossed, nothing much is going to change. Maybe more jargon to read through but thats just to tighten any loopholes that silly little arseholes can find to stop our pest control etc from living on.

[Stavross 13,711]

I hope people are listening to this, from what I can gather so far is they want to put a stop to sporting shooting, but if the GL says crop/livestock protection then carry on enjoying helping the farmers out

even Avery made packham look like a tw*t, by saying the agreed on the management of the pest birds with the chap from the NFU

And hanging crows off his gates just made me chuckle

Edited April 25, 2019 by Stavross

[Dave_4 102]

18 minutes ago, Stavross said:

I hope people are listening to this, from what I can gather so far is they want to put a stop to sporting shooting, but if the GL says crop/livestock protection then carry on enjoying helping the farmers out

So I can shoot pigeons to eat as long as I don’t enjoy it