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aibu to think they knew stealing two swans from the park to eat is illegal?

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inneedofsomehelpplz · 07/09/2013 08:24

watched emergency animal rescue & the rspca were called as two men were seen taking two swans home from the park - the rspca went to the house & eventually someone turned up to translate. they stated that they bought birds to release in the park for their kids to play with. so why was there a swans head in the bin along with feathers & poor swans were cooking in a pot. if they didnt think theyd doneanything wrong, why lie?

swans are amazing creatures & aibu to think that they shouldve been arrested & charged?

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SanityClause · 07/09/2013 08:33

It doesn't matter if they knew it or not. Ignorance of the law is no defence.

Having said that, my grandfather was a £10 Pom. He went to Australia, because he was fed up with the UK. He lived with his widowed mother and they had a small patch of garden on the land rented from a member of the local gentry. He shot a pheasant which was eating the vegetables he had tended to help feed his mother and siblings. This was poaching, as the pheasant was shot on the landlord's land.

He couldn't afford to pay the fine, and was jailed for 2 weeks. The local vicar came round to tell him what a terrible thing he had done.

So, what was more important, in your opinion, OP? The pretty bird, or the hungry people?

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EmpireBiscuit · 07/09/2013 08:35

Do all swans not belong to the queen? Or some equally odd rule.

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phantomhairpuller · 07/09/2013 08:38

I thought it was illegal to kill swans as they all belong to the queen. Or something like that?

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SanityClause · 07/09/2013 08:41

Not all swans belong to the queen. There is a bizarre ritual every year, where swans are tagged to show that they belong to one of three parties, one of which is the queen. No one else has the right to participate in this ritual, so you can't have your own swan.

I'd google it, but I'm just not that interested. Wink

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HorryIsUpduffed · 07/09/2013 08:46

I think untagged swans don't belong to anyone.

I'm glad I'm not so desperate for food to chase a fucking swan though.

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hettienne · 07/09/2013 08:49

I'd assume you have to be pretty desperate to eat a swan, especially if you have kids to feed.

Are swans any more amazing than chickens, ducks, pigs?

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Deathbyladybirds · 07/09/2013 08:50

I think you have to do funny things to Swan meat to make it edible, read a history book about it.

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crypes · 07/09/2013 08:51

Perhaps there is a recipe from olden days for swan and blackberries.

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SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 07/09/2013 08:52

See I thought swans and daffodils belong to the queen so you cant nick either of them.

What I'm amazed at is the fact they chased and caught two swans! They are nasty fuckers those swans, not a chance you would find me chasing them.

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inneedofsomehelpplz · 07/09/2013 08:53

it is illegal to steal swans from the park & kill them.

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DropYourSword · 07/09/2013 08:54

I thought all swans came under the queens protection.

Not exactly sure HOW she'd protect them though, they can be viscious bugger's!!

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DropYourSword · 07/09/2013 08:55

DAFFODILS?!

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waltzingmathilda · 07/09/2013 08:55

Tupping. It is swan tupping. Not tagging. And it only applies to mute swans on The Thames. Not swans in village ponds and parks up and down the country.

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SilverApples · 07/09/2013 09:01

Matilda you plonker, it is Swan Upping. Tupping a swan is far more difficult and definitely illegal.

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minibmw2010 · 07/09/2013 09:01

We don't know that they took them because they were starving, in some cultures they just don't respect wildlife's right to live and don't see it as theft. A friend of mine, who is highly educated and Polish, still sees nothing wrong with fishing for Carp wherever they want, regardless of whether its theft just because that's what they did at home.

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Booooom · 07/09/2013 09:02

I wonder if it tasted like goose?

Don't ever replace onions with daffodil bulbs though - they taste similar, but a friend of mine did this and is extremely ill in hospital at the moment. He'll be ok though, they think he'll be out in spring.

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SilverApples · 07/09/2013 09:04

SP, I think the grown-ups lied to you about the daffodils.
Wildflowers do have protection of various sorts, and you can't dig them up either.

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Misspixietrix · 07/09/2013 09:05

Crypes Grin

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aGnotherGnu · 07/09/2013 09:08

The OP on the blackberries thread would approve. It's starting to look like a balance diet.

Booooom hahaha :o

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aGnotherGnu · 07/09/2013 09:09

Doh crypes had beaten me!

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SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 07/09/2013 09:09

Silver Really?! Blush I always thought you couldn't pick them because you gets arrested if caught due to them been the queens!

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SilverApples · 07/09/2013 09:10

Depends where they are, and if they belong to the Parks dept. Grin

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kim147 · 07/09/2013 09:11

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SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 07/09/2013 09:14

I got to nearly 23 believing that!

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Misspixietrix · 07/09/2013 09:15

Precisely Horry Iwouldnt know where to start!

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