Uptowngirl Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 A man has been ordered to pay more than £1,500 after he admitted drowning a grey squirrel, the RSPCA said today. Raymond Elliot, 58, of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, was also handed a six-month conditional discharge after he pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. He was ordered to pay the RSPCA's prosecution costs of £1,547 at Burton-upon-Trent Magistrates' Court last Friday. Today, RSPCA inspector Laura Bryant said: "Drowning an animal is a horrible death and magistrates agreed that it causes unnecessary suffering. Therefore, if you kill a squirrel by drowning you are committing a criminal offence. "This case has a serious message for anyone who has purchased a trap and then set it in their garden as a way of dealing with squirrels. "People need to be aware that drowning animals causes suffering. It is a slow, terrifying death and it is against the law to cause this suffering to animals." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-fined-for-drowning-squirrel-2030149.html Discuss.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmith Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Seems like a strange way to eliminate a pest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Should have hit it with a shovel, then put it on a skewer for the BBQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Should have hit it with a shovel, then put it on a skewer for the BBQ. Or left it alone to get on with its' life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Serves him right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 hurrah, don't know why you would put food outside on purpose then get annoyed by the wildlife it attracts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Or left it alone to get on with its' life. But then you're missing out on the BBQ squirell experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 But then you're missing out on the BBQ squirell experience. After cooking a pheasant that I hit with the car, I'm not sure that a squirrel hit with a shovel would be a pleasant cullinary experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 After cooking a pheasant that I hit with the car, I'm not sure that a squirrel hit with a shovel would be a pleasant cullinary experience. Bit of cajun spices will do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I believe that you are allowed to kill grey squirrels, since they're not native to these lands and classed as vermin; however, not by causing unnecessary suffering to them. The "whack with a shovel" approach might pass muster, but drowning definitely does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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