Comment on Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...

• shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why are they protected? They’re rats with wings.

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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

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    • 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.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I think there’s a clear difference between an animal that’s a known nuisance and any other. If a rat and an emu both wander into my yard, the rat’s life is forfeit, but I’m not gonna fuck with the emu for multiple reasons.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well thanks for your exhaustive legal research.

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    • Naich@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      birdfact.com/…/are-seagulls-protected-in-the-uk

      Protected status in the UK.

      HTH.

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      • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ok, now what does jurisdiction mean?

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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

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    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What we need is someone versed in bird law.

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  • Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I like how you said all of North America, and then also Mexico as if it wasn’t part of NA.

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      uhoh, my 2 from geography is showing (scale from 1-6, with 1 being fail)

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      • Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s okay. I live in a glass house, so I shouldn’t throw stones.

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    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      And that UK and Ireland aren’t a part of Europe?

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      • Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’ve heard Brits piss and moan that the UK isn’t part of Europe before. Whether or not that has any merit I can’t say, I’m not European.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    all of North America, Mexico

    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.

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      yea i’m bad at geography

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It’s okay, I couldn’t name all 50 states on a map.

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