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Great-gran is tagged...for selling a goldfish
The Sun - UK ^
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010
| RICHARD MORIARTY
Posted on 03/30/2010 9:17:09 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A GREAT-grandmother has been electronically tagged, placed under curfew and fined £1,000 for selling a GOLDFISH to a 14-year-old boy.
Pet shop owner Joan Higgins, 66, landed the punishment after mistakenly selling the tiny fish to a schoolboy.
The pensioner failed to spot that the lad was under the age of 16 as required by law to buy a pet and fell foul of a sting by trading standards officers.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: fishlicence
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"A spokesman for Trafford Council defended the decision to bring the case.
Iain Veitch, Head of Public Protection, said: "The evidence presented for this conviction clearly demonstrates that it is irresponsible to sell animals to those who are not old enough to look after them.
"We have many responsible pet shops in the borough who provide adequate advice and care for animals however let this conviction send out a message that we will not tolerate those who cause unnecessary suffering to animals."
To: ConservativeMind
Okay, so where’s the “cruelty?”
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:18:03 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: ConservativeMind
Wow and anyone can win a goldfish at a carnival here!
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:20:29 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: ConservativeMind
Britain is absolutely dead to common sense.
To: ConservativeMind
Thank God, the free world is safe from these peddlers of pets to underaged children!
Meanwhile, down on the corner little Johnny is buying crack, M & E. We can overlook that :)
Britain has really gone down hill since WW2. It’s like they gave up. I wonder when it will happen here... hopefully not before we hit it big with nanotech.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:27:20 PM PDT
by
Aqua225
(Realist)
To: ConservativeMind
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:29:43 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: ConservativeMind
Stupid a-holes want to regulate everything.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:30:52 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(Free Men will always be armed with the Truth.)
To: ConservativeMind
Shame on using a 14 year old to bust an old lady. 16 to own a freakin gold fish? By then they should be drinking ale and chasing birds.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:33:27 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
To: ConservativeMind
[L]et this conviction send out a message that we will not tolerate those who cause unnecessary suffering to animals.Were they afraid the thing might be waterboarded?
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:49:40 PM PDT
by
Hunton Peck
(If someone asked a hypothetical question, would you answer it?)
To: ConservativeMind
Think of Britain as being California with lousy weather.
To: BlazingArizona
It’s much worse than California.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:58:12 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
("And when the Antichrist comes, millions will love him." Remind you of anyone?)
To: ConservativeMind
The World is going to hell.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:58:40 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: ConservativeMind
“...has been electronically tagged”
WTF does that mean exactly?
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:03:36 PM PDT
by
diverteach
(D.C. has become Jonestown)
To: ConservativeMind
Should have said the goldfish was to be used as fishing bait. Problem solved...
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:03:54 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
To: diverteach
She is under curfew, i.e. house arrest. The electronic tag is probably an electronic bracelet to monitor that she stays home “in jail”. Friggin’ lovely.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:07:51 PM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: ConservativeMind
At least it wasn’t a parrot.
Beautiful plumage, those Norwegian Blues.
To: kaehurowing
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:14:11 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: ConservativeMind
The UK is going down the tubes, not unlike the USSA.
I helped a young British lad, 35, move here to the Philippines.
He sold everything he owned and got out.
He told me that there are at least 2 video cams watching you,
in public, at every place and moment.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:22:13 PM PDT
by
AlexW
(Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
To: ConservativeMind
The grandmother-of-three, who also carries out charity work for the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals, pleaded guilty to selling the fish to a person under 16.Yes, she's a mean one, she is! Lock her up and throw away the key!!
To: diverteach
After reading the article, I think it means a GPS tracking ankle bracelet!!
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