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First kids can't climb trees, then they can't play conkers - now they can't go and feed the ducks at the local park!

Well, actually, they can as they're too young to prosecute but their parents can't.:rolleyes:

To pre-empt half of the DS comedians - it's QUACKERS!

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    You_moYou_mo Posts: 11,334
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    :D That's what she gets for ignoring all the 'don't feed the ducks' signs. But she knew best.
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    molliepopsmolliepops Posts: 26,829
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    It seems she was actually fined for littering when she dropped the bag on the ground but never let that get in the way of a good moan :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 15,411
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    Bread is bad for ducks and their environment anyway.

    http://www.liveducks.com/bread.html
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    Bonny1Bonny1 Posts: 8,502
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    ducks are vicious..... and when they see a loaf of bread.. Run for the Hills people..
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    You_moYou_mo Posts: 11,334
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    MsMarmalade wrote: »
    Bread is bad for ducks and their environment anyway.

    http://www.liveducks.com/bread.html

    Ewww!
    Without predators you'd have parks full of dead, rotting ducks
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,916
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    You_mo wrote: »
    :D That's what she gets for ignoring all the 'don't feed the ducks' signs. But she knew best.

    She said the signs warned against 'overfeeding', not feeding.
    mollipops wrote:
    It seems she was actually fined for littering when she dropped the bag on the ground but never let that get in the way of a good moan

    Have you read this somewhere else because it doesn't mention that in the article?
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    SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    A mother has been fined £75 for feeding ducks in a park with her toddler son.
    Vanessa Kelly had taken 17-month-old Harry on his weekly visit to the to feed ducks when she was approached by a council warden.
    She put away the bread as soon as the warden told her duck feeding was not allowed in the park, in Smethwick, Birmingham.
    But the warden pulled out a hand-held computer and issued her with a fine for littering.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1227188/Mother-fined-75-feeding-ducks-officious-warden-says-toddler-son-hes-young-prosecute.html#ixzz0WeX1pz8x

    Another example of moronic councils empowering these little-Hitlers to go around making life miserable for innocent civilians. :mad:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 15,411
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    There is a very good search facility on DS if your eyes can't pick up threads already on the first page.
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1161139
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 32,379
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    dotty1 wrote: »
    She said the signs warned against 'overfeeding', not feeding.



    Have you read this somewhere else because it doesn't mention that in the article?

    It doesn't mention her dropping the bag but dropping bread on the ground. She should have refused to give her name.

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    But the warden then pulled out a hand-held computer and issued her with a fine for littering.

    I know bread isn't good for Ducks but fined for dropping bread :confused:
    They will be issueing fines to birds next for cra**ing on the pavements.
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    Stiffy78Stiffy78 Posts: 26,260
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    Quack quack, I wonder if it was Jemima she was feeding.
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    lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    dotty1 wrote: »
    Have you read this somewhere else because it doesn't mention that in the article?

    Yes it does.
    The article wrote:
    But the warden then pulled out a hand-held computer and issued her with a fine for littering.

    The fine was not for feeding the ducks. Therefore, the thread title is glaringly inaccurate. It should have read "Mother fined for littering".
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    RicardodaforceRicardodaforce Posts: 8,576
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    Stiffy78 wrote: »
    Quack quack, I wonder if it was Jemima she was feeding.

    That would be worth a fine in itself.
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    late8late8 Posts: 7,175
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    1. Daily Hail
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    Kingsd316Kingsd316 Posts: 892
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    i always thought you couldnt be fined for dropping biodegradable things?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 32,379
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    Kingsd316 wrote: »
    i always thought you couldnt be fined for dropping biodegradable things?

    Isn't paper biodegradable:confused:
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    ianradioianianradioian Posts: 75,049
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    We are in a terrible recession. Government and Councils will look at ANYTHING that will get more taxation money off of us. That includes stupid fines for bins overflowing etc.. its more money taken from us, and more put into coffers. Dont forget the warden is employed by the council as well, so government get his tax and national insurance, and the fines pay his wage from us as well. Look carefully into everything you handle, and you will see that its happening on everything.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,916
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    Yes it does.

    Gawd I must be going blind! I can't see where it says she dropped 'the bag' anywhere in that article. I can see that she was fined for littering, but wasn't dropping the bread (for the ducks to eat, presumably) the 'littering'?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 484
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    Yes it does.



    The fine was not for feeding the ducks. Therefore, the thread title is glaringly inaccurate. It should have read "Mother fined for littering".

    Where?
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    jasvinyljasvinyl Posts: 14,631
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    ianradioian wrote: »
    We are in a terrible recession. Government and Councils will look at ANYTHING that will get more taxation money off of us. That includes stupid fines for bins overflowing etc.. its more money taken from us, and more put into coffers. Dont forget the warden is employed by the council as well, so government get his tax and national insurance, and the fines pay his wage from us as well. Look carefully into everything you handle, and you will see that its happening on everything.

    It also includes issuing you with a parking ticket for dislaying an invalid residential permit when you are actually *...drum roll...* displaying a valid residential parking permit :mad:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 32,379
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    dotty1 wrote: »
    Gawd I must be going blind! I can't see where it says she dropped 'the bag' anywhere in that article. I can see that she was fined for littering, but wasn't dropping the bread (for the ducks to eat, presumably) the 'littering'?


    Seems that way to me, it doesn't mention a dropped bag at all.
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    PhilH36PhilH36 Posts: 26,351
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    "But Sandwell Council today defended the fine to Miss Kelly for dropping bread, claiming it attracts rats."

    Hello,if the ducks have eaten the bread there is nothing left there so there is no litter and nothing to attract rats and vermin.

    Tell these council nazis to fu*k off!
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    You_moYou_mo Posts: 11,334
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    PhilH36 wrote: »
    "But Sandwell Council today defended the fine to Miss Kelly for dropping bread, claiming it attracts rats."

    Hello,if the ducks have eaten the bread there is nothing left there so there is no litter and nothing to attract rats and vermin.

    Tell these council nazis to fu*k off!

    I think that's problem. Overfeeding.
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    lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    dotty1 wrote: »
    Gawd I must be going blind! I can't see where it says she dropped 'the bag' anywhere in that article. I can see that she was fined for littering, but wasn't dropping the bread (for the ducks to eat, presumably) the 'littering'?

    I didn't mention anything about a bag - but the article clearly says that she was fined for littering, not for feeding ducks.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 32,379
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    At least LPR formerly know as JPD has an accurate thread title unlike the other thread.
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    You_moYou_mo Posts: 11,334
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    Godwin in the first post! :D

    Why won't anyone think of the poor ducks?
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