Jobsworths dodge dead badger
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Businessman Kevin Maul was on his way home from work when he noticed the break in the lines. He said: "I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw this poor old badger who had been there over a week. "I'd seen him every day as I went by and wondered if he was going to be picked up." So it wasn't his job, then. First to cast a stone is still a bad place to be.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The only thing that surprises me is that they took the effort to turn the paint spray off and on rather than just painting the lines over the animal.
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I once saw a similar picture of an armadillo in Texas. I believe the article was about the best "not my job" moments.
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Council contractor Amey said the staff from sub-contractor Bellstan were not "licensed or trained" to remove road kill. So, we need a license and training to remove a roadkill, but we can procreate freely. :laugh: Marc
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Well... a) Badgers are a protected species in the UK, so I can understand their reluctance to interfere with it from that perspective. b) Badgers (alive or dead) are really bad news from a human health perspective. They carry fleas and can also carry a form of Tuberculosis that can infect humans. If I saw one on the road, I certainly wouldn't touch it without suitable protective equipment (the sort that road marking painters tend not to carry, as a rule)
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Well... a) Badgers are a protected species in the UK, so I can understand their reluctance to interfere with it from that perspective. b) Badgers (alive or dead) are really bad news from a human health perspective. They carry fleas and can also carry a form of Tuberculosis that can infect humans. If I saw one on the road, I certainly wouldn't touch it without suitable protective equipment (the sort that road marking painters tend not to carry, as a rule)
Would you touch it with a spade or a big stick? Surely it's not too hard to shift it out of the road?
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Would you touch it with a spade or a big stick? Surely it's not too hard to shift it out of the road?
Badgers are a protected species. That means it's a crimial offence to interfere with them or their setts without a licence. I don't think it applies to dead animals, but I wouldn't expect a council line painter to be au fait with the finer points of the legislation. Besides, move it out of the road, and put it where? Onto the pavement?
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Badgers are a protected species. That means it's a crimial offence to interfere with them or their setts without a licence. I don't think it applies to dead animals, but I wouldn't expect a council line painter to be au fait with the finer points of the legislation. Besides, move it out of the road, and put it where? Onto the pavement?
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Would you touch it with a spade or a big stick? Surely it's not too hard to shift it out of the road?
If they lifted it and chucked it in the ditch, that would just leave a rotting carcass in the ditch. At least the guys responsible for cleaning it up were still able to find the carcass.
Pete
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Unbelievable... I can't believe they actually took the time to leave a gap. Around here the critter just gets painted over.
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Electron Shepherd wrote:
Besides, move it out of the road, and put it where?
I am sure this guy could help out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jan/31/foodanddrink.britishidentity[^] X| :laugh:
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Not much you can do about a road kill. You may break the law untentionally. I was told that people cannot take a dead deer on highway home without a written note from a police officer.
TOMZ_KV
Tomz_KV wrote:
I was told that people cannot take a dead deer on highway home without a written note from a police officer.
I've heard that before too. Needed to keep people from using "it was roadkill" to avoid poaching charges.
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Businessman Kevin Maul was on his way home from work when he noticed the break in the lines. He said: "I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw this poor old badger who had been there over a week. "I'd seen him every day as I went by and wondered if he was going to be picked up." So it wasn't his job, then. First to cast a stone is still a bad place to be.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
He said: "I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw this poor old badger who had been there over a week. "I'd seen him every day as I went by and wondered if he was going to be picked up."
You know, one good thing about the desert.... Stuff like that gets cleaned up real fast.... :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Well... a) Badgers are a protected species in the UK, so I can understand their reluctance to interfere with it from that perspective. b) Badgers (alive or dead) are really bad news from a human health perspective. They carry fleas and can also carry a form of Tuberculosis that can infect humans. If I saw one on the road, I certainly wouldn't touch it without suitable protective equipment (the sort that road marking painters tend not to carry, as a rule)
Electron Shepherd wrote:
a) Badgers are a protected species in the UK, so I can understand their reluctance to interfere with it from that perspective.
darn... so adding it to here[^] is out of the question huh?
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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How much training does it take to scrape a dead badger off the road with a shovel and chuck it in a ditch? :doh:
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