Unless… you do it in self-defense
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shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
as someone who’s had their food stolen by a seagull a few times i once found myself in a fit of petty rage googling “can i kill a seagull” and the answer is no, like legally you cannot, they’re protected birds
MITM0@lemmy.world 3 days ago
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I would suppose that depends on the jurisdiction.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
it does not. Seagulls are protected in: UK, Ireland, all of Europe, all of North America, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Russia, and probably more but i can’t be bothered to go past the first few Google searches to find out
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Why are they protected? They’re rats with wings.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
they’re covered by migratory bird protection legislations from what i read. and some of the seagull spiecies are pretty endangered. can’t tell you more than that, i just accepted that the sky thieves dickheads cannot be touched
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 days ago
I feel like the default is that you aren’t allowed to kill animals. Not as in most laws outlaw killing any animal, just that there are probably a lot of laws about randomly killing animals that aren’t like tiny bugs and stuff. Like you can’t just kill a deer unless you have a hunting permit. You can’t catch fish without a fishing license. Sure, you’re probably allowed to kill animals on your property that are a nuisance or anywhere in defense, but I wouldn’t just assume I can kill a random animal.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Well thanks for your exhaustive legal research.
Naich@lemmings.world 3 days ago
birdfact.com/…/are-seagulls-protected-in-the-uk
Protected status in the UK.
HTH.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
they’re also protected in China and India, which together with the other ones accounts for like 70% of the world. are they protected everywhere? probably not, there are definitely some countries that have little to no wildlife protection legislations, but i’m not exactly a seagull murder law expert, nor do i want to become one, so i’ll stop at that
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
What we need is someone versed in bird law.
Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I like how you said all of North America, and then also Mexico as if it wasn’t part of NA.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
uhoh, my 2 from geography is showing (scale from 1-6, with 1 being fail)
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
And that UK and Ireland aren’t a part of Europe?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 days ago
Hmmm. I mean I guess I get mentioning UK separate from the EU, but idk about Ireland, isn’t it part of the EU?
To be very clear, I’m not trying to contradict that it’s illegal to kill seagulls in a lot of places.
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
yea i’m bad at geography