Post by luap on Apr 18, 2007 23:07:03 GMT
Dozens of pigeons will be dead in a couple of days at most if we
cannot
get
a particularly obnoxious company to act. Please read the
self-explanatory
press release below and (politely) inundate CPMG with calls (0115 958
9500)
immediately (even if you read this after the noon deadline; they still
may
not have acted).
PRESS RELEASE 18 APRIL 2007: for immediate release
CAMPAIGNERS' ULTIMATUM OVER DYING PIGEONS
Dozens of pigeons, including young squabs (chicks), have spent a
third day trapped without food or water in a deserted Nottingham building after a firm of architects placed netting over the broken windows the birds
had been using to access the buildings. An animal welfare group is now threatening to prosecute the firm if they fail to release the birds by noon tomorrow (Thursday April 19).
C.P.M.G Architects of Warser Gate, Nottingham, ordered contractors to place netting over the windows of the building, situated adjacent to Euro RSCG Riley of 33 Pilcher Gate. Instead of liaising with animal welfare campaigners and removing the resident pigeons and squabs first, the contractors proceeded to trap the birds in the building and have ignored calls to release them.
A spokesman for Save the Trafalgar Square Pigeons (STTSP), which is currently locked in a legal battle with the Mayor of London over his plans to kill 1,500 pigeons, explained that the architects and their contractors had broken the law and could face a jail sentence of up to six months. “All wild birds, pigeons included, enjoy legal
protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981,” said Niel Hansen. “The contractors tried to claim that there were holes in the roof where the birds could leave, but an RSPCA inspector today confirmed this was untrue.”
STTSP is also critical of the RSPCA inspector for not ensuring the
birds were freed by their staff this afternoon, but instead accepting vague and as yet unfulfilled assurances from the architects that they would release the birds later.
“We have bent over backwards to be reasonable about this, we know mistakes happen,” said Mr Hansen, “but these birds have now been trapped for three days and won’t survive much longer. We put CPMG Architects on notice that if the birds have not been freed by noon tomorrow, they face the prospect of a private prosecution in the criminal courts. People who act so irresponsibly and callously must face the consequences.”
cannot
get
a particularly obnoxious company to act. Please read the
self-explanatory
press release below and (politely) inundate CPMG with calls (0115 958
9500)
immediately (even if you read this after the noon deadline; they still
may
not have acted).
PRESS RELEASE 18 APRIL 2007: for immediate release
CAMPAIGNERS' ULTIMATUM OVER DYING PIGEONS
Dozens of pigeons, including young squabs (chicks), have spent a
third day trapped without food or water in a deserted Nottingham building after a firm of architects placed netting over the broken windows the birds
had been using to access the buildings. An animal welfare group is now threatening to prosecute the firm if they fail to release the birds by noon tomorrow (Thursday April 19).
C.P.M.G Architects of Warser Gate, Nottingham, ordered contractors to place netting over the windows of the building, situated adjacent to Euro RSCG Riley of 33 Pilcher Gate. Instead of liaising with animal welfare campaigners and removing the resident pigeons and squabs first, the contractors proceeded to trap the birds in the building and have ignored calls to release them.
A spokesman for Save the Trafalgar Square Pigeons (STTSP), which is currently locked in a legal battle with the Mayor of London over his plans to kill 1,500 pigeons, explained that the architects and their contractors had broken the law and could face a jail sentence of up to six months. “All wild birds, pigeons included, enjoy legal
protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981,” said Niel Hansen. “The contractors tried to claim that there were holes in the roof where the birds could leave, but an RSPCA inspector today confirmed this was untrue.”
STTSP is also critical of the RSPCA inspector for not ensuring the
birds were freed by their staff this afternoon, but instead accepting vague and as yet unfulfilled assurances from the architects that they would release the birds later.
“We have bent over backwards to be reasonable about this, we know mistakes happen,” said Mr Hansen, “but these birds have now been trapped for three days and won’t survive much longer. We put CPMG Architects on notice that if the birds have not been freed by noon tomorrow, they face the prospect of a private prosecution in the criminal courts. People who act so irresponsibly and callously must face the consequences.”