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Otter Petition

At a similar tender age our weapon of choice was the trusty catapult . Easy to make , silent , and in the right hands deadly .
 
Milbro ally cattys with the square grey elastic, we all had one of those on us, My local tackle shop must have sold thousands of them.
Throwing knives were another thing you could buy at the tackle shop and the old boys would teach you how to throw them properly, and sheath knives, my brother in law still has his, it was his fathers aircrew survival knife from his bail out bag. I had to make do with a tackle shop replica which was a poor thing next to his.
And you tell the kids today............
 
Chris Jones said:
Sorry, debating the most humane calibre is a red herring. I somehow doubt that many folks would actually have the necessary permission to take any type of firearm on the banks with them. Quite apart from the criminal offence of killing an otter, you'd also be committing armed trespass for just taking a rifle somewhere you don't have the authority to do so.

I can only suggest that those posting that this may be the way to go are a little more circumspect in what they say on a forum. If they actually are FAC holders, I'd be concerned that plenty of FEOs are anglers as well as shooters, and you are posting under your real names. The suggestion of an illegal act with a firearm is easily enough to justify the removal of an FAC.
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Good point Chris, some may see it differently to a casual conversation on ballistics! I have removed my post on the subject :eek:
 
I will put my head over the parapet and say I signed the petition. If we all sit back apathetic then nothing will be done and if this is the only thing I can do then thats my right. It will more than likely be a meaningless petition but I know I did my bit, did you?
 
David Hall said:
no, pointless. even if 10 million sign it.
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I'm with Jon Frisby on this one and I signed it too. Going by memory, if something like 90,000 signatures are collected it has to be discussed/debated in Parliament. I think that the last e-petition to hit this mark was the revolt in connection with the increase in fuel duty. I suspect that any e-Petition on otters is more likely to have 90,000 signatures to release more! However, no harm in signing it. In my view, doing nothing is not an option.
 
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