...to be really pissed that my neighbour had put up electric fence?

[NiniLegsInTheAir]

Our neighbours (a mid 30s couple, no kids, no pets) have just had their 100ft garden 'landscaped'. Since they moved in 2 years ago they've left what was a gorgeous little space to ruin as they don't like gardening, and now they've had it redone to be as little maintenance as possible.

But as they've had their garden done, they've realised that all our gardens are frequently visited by badgers (and currently a family of foxes). It's a big deal having the animals as we're actually on the outskirts of a town centre so wouldn't expect to have such an abundance of wildlife. It doesn't bother me massively that the badgers sometimes dig holes in our lawn but our neighbours have taken massive offence to the possibility of badgers digging in their pristine lawn so have started trying all sorts to stop them gaining access.

They tried blocking holes - the badgers dug bigger ones in different places. They tried filling the holes with stones, they got moved.

Anyway - went out in the garden tonight to find they've put FUCKING ELECTRIC FENCING ALONG OUR BOUNDARY against the hedging that separates us. To say I'm livid is an understatement. I have a cat, as do many other neighbours, and a small DD who could easily gain access. They DIDNT EVEN TELL US THEY'D PUT THE ELECTRIC FENCING UP and I can't even ask as they've done it and gone abroad for 2 weeks!!!! FFS - if you don't want wildlife BUY A FUCKING FLAT!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, is it me overreacting or is this a massive overreaction on their part to a small problem?

Yeah I'm sure they came back three years ago....

Probably had many holidays since!

Argh I read the whole poxy thread before I realised how
old it is

OP sounds like a nightmare fucking neighbour though, some people have far too much concern for other people's homes and gardens and she should have built a fence if she was planning on leaving her DC in the garden unaccompanied.

Hopefully OP moved house and all is well.

Gosh, does your 76yo DM with pacemaker normally climb under hedges into strangers' gardens?

www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/oms/2011/04/

this is what the HSE say should you wish to get medieval

yanbu!!!!

You got drunk because of neighbours fence?

Ive read this whole thread before I realised it was 3 years old!!!! Wildlifelover, why did you do it?!

It's not illegal to put up electric fence but rest assured wildlife (and cats) are very good at detecting electric fencing and going under, over or around it! If the fence is able to be touched from your garden without you having to lean over their boundary then legally they are required to put up signs at regular intervals along the wire warning of the electric fencing though.

Aargh!
At least I only read the first page before noticing this is 3 years old!!

I wonder if the Zombie thread alert should be at the beginning and the end?

Oh dear

why are they tossers ?
badgers are a fucking nightmare, once they get the idea there are grubs, worms ,bees etc in the lawn they leave it like a ploughed field and they repeat it every sodding night
if we didn't have bushes and trees overhanging our fence we would do it. it doesn't 'electrocute' (although i wish it did) them that kind of voltage is probably illegal. it will be enough to send a tingle through their nose to put them off digging through the fence

Ethel appears to have woken some zombies again.

Who is Ethel?

You scroll through and suddenly see a post from your bloody self!

How true!

Ethel raises zombies AndNowItsSeven

This has to be one of the oddest choices yet of a thread to raise from the dead.

Zombie badger

Ethel is a sweet old lady from our church luncheon club. Who would have thought she raised zombies in her free time.

Ethel - now there's a name that doesn't get mentioned on the baby-naming threads all that often

Electric fencing is perfectly legal in the UK, so long as it is on your property, meets all EU product standards and is clearly marked (warning signs at the ends of the fence and every 10m in between).

Also that suggestion about not putting up copper wire is illegal (destruction of property I think?)

I'm afraid YABU. While I'd love to have badgers in my garden, I can understand why someone else wouldn't want them too.

And it's not like they're rare and there's no harm being done to them.

The fact that it might keep your cat out of the garden is an added bonus, but it's not doing you any harm or inconvenience - I'm a bit taken aback at the amount of people advocating vandalism just because they don't like the concept TBH....

In fact, could you ask your neighbour where they got it? Could be just the trick to keep cats out of my garden .

Doh! Didn't realise t'was a zombie - sorry!!

I just seen my neighbour has put a small electric fence around a small garden it's attached to a car battery that is hidden in the boot of his car is this legal as it close to the road and where children play