I am amazed at the number of people who say the regs are for their own good and at the same time know they are in some cases ridiculous but support the regulators anyway. I don't understand the "rules are rules" attitude!!! Don't you feel like you are being intruded upon.
Yes, I suppose sometimes it does feel as if they're legislating for idiots
but I think that if you're going to keep stock (whether 2 or 2000) you have to do it properly. The laws are there for all - small scale and big scale operations alike. Whether you agree with them or not, they are a legal requirement. As a keeper it's your responsibility to make sure you know the rules and operate within them - if you're not prepared to do that you shouldn't be keeping animals in the first place (I don't mean you , as in YOU - I mean people in general
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Your comment about the seatbelts law is just crazy though
My husband was involved in a crash last year, the day after our 4th child was born. It wasn't his fault (some nutter coming straight through a stop sign) but if it hadn't been for his seatbelt he wouldn't be here today and my kids would be growing up without a dad
A very good friend of mine died in a car crash aged just 17 - yup, you've guessed it, he wasn't wearing a seatbelt
By all means - stick it to the man
but seatbelts save lives !
Karen x