injured bird

had phone call from the rpra few days ago that a non fancier had a injured pigeon and the owner refused to arrange collection the bird has now been caught and in a box will update later

rainbow wrote:

had phone call from the rpra few days ago that a non fancier had a injured pigeon and the owner refused to arrange collection  the bird has now been caught and in a box will update lar

Come across this a few times.

RPRA Rules say fancier must arrange for the pigeons return, or alternative acceptable solution.

Best bet under the prevailing circumsances is for the nearest fancier to the finder to be informed and pick the pigeon up and go from there.

In these trying times common sense should be applied.

Know all the aurguments, should not kerp pigeons if etc; etc/ if ?????.


Rergards..

now got the bird it is very thin and not eating

don't think it's going to make it can't stand now

rainbow wrote:

don't think it's going to make it can't  stand now

Shame, but we know not what our much loved feathered friends have to contend with at times.

Regards.

just died

bad news, you tried your best

thanks mate

sorry to hear that george, i went into the street yesterday around 3.30 , found a dead pigeon on the path, maybe hit phone lines or attacked .........phoned the telephone ring and it was a club member in the next street,

never nice when they die .........

rainbow wrote:

thanks mate

Credit to you Rainbow but may I just say your to kind etc in not naming & shaming the owner as such as that is what he deserves I suggest. Once drove 480 odd miles here (round trip) for one of mine, so have no time for excuse type makers like the one you had to deal with I'm .

i was not given the owners name only have the ring number GB22B`19145

rainbow wrote:

i was not given the owners name only have the ring number GB22B`19145

Tis a good thing the sport has those willing to put themselves out for the good of the sport.

Just curious rainbow how you became involved.

The owner is in breach of the Rules and should not keep our feathered friends.

In our area the Whitby boys have for years returned thousands of strays.

Of course fanciers should help each other but when the public is involved it is not a good representation of the sport to just refuse to accept responsibility.


Regards.

rainbow wrote:

i was not given the owners name only have the ring number GB22B`19145

Ok But if your RPRA there etc knows him by name Rainbow, they should shame him I suggest & when they have done that they should then give him a hefty fine as a remembrance type token, maybe     .

indeed oz it makes my blood boil tossers like that

it was close to me

if this photo is on collected this bird with a broken wing he asked for it to be collected then did not want it what pissed me off he would give no details

thats the thing george, the bird was good enough to breed, and good enough to send racing, yet when it gets lost its not good enough to send for or collect .......i know some fanciers says they cant afford to send for them back, but why breed and send them, if you cant afford to do things properly they shouldnt be racing pigeons .

i thought under rpra rules they had a responsibility to retrieve the bird or face suspension .

David wrote:

thats the thing george, the bird was good enough to breed, and good enough to send racing, yet when it gets lost its not good enough to send for or collect .......i know some fanciers says they cant afford to send for them back, but why breed and send them, if you cant afford to do things properly they shouldnt be racing pigeons .

i thought under rpra rules they had a responsibility to retrieve the bird or face suspension .  

Silly question etc David maybe by someone that knows absolutely nothing. But why doesn't your RPRA there, have a business arm picking up strays in general. Tens of thousands reported there each year I suspect somehow & surely that maybe could be turned into a business type enterprise for your general member's advantage come race day.

yes very good question knackered, why didnt the rpra think of it ...........

i doubt the rpra will be actually thinking of the members or their birds any time soon, seems all they think about is £££££££

got to be honest as it's a bird that's been raced it can stay

i see its got an ETS ring on george, its a wonder he isnt asking for the ring back ......

fanciers like that have given us all a bad name ,i have had a handful of good citizens bring me birds injured or run down and one kept in touch for months but they all said that they knew fanciers killed lost/injured birds so i wonder why they think such eh