Alright, here goes. Sorry to be dumb, but I'm a little confused at this thread. I tried reading through it but it gets a tad confusing if your not 'in the loop' of what is going on. I clicked the links and stuff, but it may just be it's early in the morning and nothing is getting through my thick skull.
Could someone please, in the simplist possible terms, explain to me why I should not go this event?
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The events has been cancelled I believe, and not due to pressure from the ‘antis’ – before they start claiming credit! Perhaps those who were behind the event would care to comment!
According to the link Pam B posted, the reason given for the cancellation appears to be Health & Safety issues.
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The Hop Farm has a policy of ensuring public safety at all times and with some of the operational issues this show would have incurred it has caused us concern.
I find that rather odd.
However, the Kent Breeders Meeting IS still going ahead and has nothing to do with the Hop Farm show. Just in case there was any confusion.
By David Sapsted
Last Updated: 7:44pm BST 17/10/2004
Record numbers of exotic animals, many of them dangerous, are being abandoned by owners who cannot cope.
An animal rescue group said yesterday that a flood of dangerous reptiles was being brought into the country, often illegally, and that many were flourishing in the wild.
Iain Newby runs the Dangerous Wild Animal Rescue Facility (Dwarf), which has taken in 2,500 exotic animals since it was formed seven years ago.
He said venomous spiders, snakes, scorpions and even alligators were proving adept at surviving after being dumped.
He receives up to 15 calls a day to catch creatures or from people asking for help with pets they cannot handle.
Mr Newby, 37, who runs Dwarf with his girfriend, Lisa Tremble, 30, from their home in Great Wakering, Essex, said many people bought dangerous animals for the wrong reasons.
"They buy rottweiler dogs because it makes them look big," he said. "In the same way they buy alligators as status symbols."
Among the 200 creatures he keeps at his home is a cayman alligator called Cedric, which a teenage boy swapped for his two piranhas on the internet, thinking it was a lizard.
Last year he rescued five caymans that were being used for racing on an internet gambling site.
In the past year Dwarf has received calls to capture 20 poisonous black widow spiders that arrived in freight deliveries from America.
Mr Newby has also been called to catch a dwarf rattlesnake owned by an unlicensed keeper. The snake can launch itself off the ground in a strike that can prove fatal unless anti-venom is not administered immediately.
Although Mr Newby tries to find new owners for the rescued animals, he keeps about 200 at his home. They include alligators, iguanas, water dragons, a common buzzard, Burmese pythons, Californian king snakes and poisonous cane toads.
He said: "There should be a licensing system for dangerous animals so that owners can be educated and provided with care sheets and councils can track down the owners of escaped or dumped animals."
The RSPCA has called on the Government to introduce welfare controls for the trade in exotic pets to replace the outdated 1951 Pet Animals Act."
Right I have read the article, what's the problem Maureen?
That's what I was trying to find out when I PM's you Maureen. Does anyone else know if there's some problem with Iain Newby and dwarf?
The events has been cancelled I believe, and not due to pressure from the ‘antis’ – before they start claiming credit! Perhaps those who were behind the event would care to comment!
Yeah right.
Like thats very likely Chris!!!!
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24-04-2008, 09:36 AM
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