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Kim Sawyer <ksawyer@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in
news:313030303532343642682D4448@zetnet.co.uk:
> The message <d45mu2$ohn$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>
> from honestjim <honestjimjakes@hotmail.com> contains these words:
>
>> Could someone please advise me of how I should best dispose of the
>> shot carcases of diseased rabbits (mixy) - I'm assuming one would be
>> ill-advised to eat them!
>
> Just kick them down an available rabbit hole.
And a perfectly legal method of disposal of a dead wild animal.
Now if was a pet rabbit, or a farmed rabbit, that is a completely different
kettle of fish (speaking in the purely figurative sense)!
If the latter, you would probably have to arrange for the local licenced
knacker to call and collect and then pay him the appropriate fee! He would
then remove said cadaver to his licenced premises and arrange for it to be
incinerated at the correct temperature.
If the former, I suspect you'd need an affidavit from a suitably qualified
lawyer stating that said animal was a bona fide pet, together with a
supporting letter from your vet and another from the local minister of
religion, JP, doctor, or person of equivalent standing in the community,
before disposal by burying, e.g. as suggested by kicking it down a rabbit
hole. But you would need to ensure that the rabbit hole is not in close
proximity to any water course which the corpse might tend to pollute. I
hope all that is quite clear. There's more, but having thought about it --
what you really need is a lawyer.
Ah, the delights of the Animal By-Products Regulations!!<vbg>
Derry
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