Neighbour releasing rats near my livestock

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I'm going to admit now, I'm not a brilliant person for legal advice!

I think it would fall under the trespass laws, as in someone coming onto your land, if that's the case.

From my understanding, it may also fall under some of the biosecurity stuff, but again, I'm not a lawyer, and that's my understanding of the letter of the law.
 
RH Somerset said:
When I told him that he should be killing them he started off with “I would never kill anything” and when I said it again later he went with “I can’t afford another trap”…
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Maybe he's squeamish, I dispatch most of grey squirrels caught in my village as some people are happy to catch but not kill, without knowing him or being able to judge his character I wouldn't like to suggest to offer to dispatch them for him, might work in your favour, more likely backfire. A simple solution might be to ask him to release them elsewhere and explain the issues they are creating with your pigs animal welfare etc
 
We are doomed. These type are the civil service employees and in educating the young, no wait, brain washing the young.

It doesn't help idiots selling traps labelled humane!
 
RH Somerset said:
We have been told that a neighbour has regularly (twice a week) been releasing trapped rats in our woods, right by where we keep our pigs. There is a public footpath through the woods.

We confronted him today and he was aggressive and mostly denied it.

I plan on calling our animal health contact at the council tomorrow, but has anyone experienced similar and what was the outcome?

Thanks
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i would get some live capture traps , build up a fair old colony of rats and while thats happening i would find out where he lives

then one evening i would post my new rat colony through his letterbox which would be tricky i'm sure but not impossible with some welding gloves on i reckon?

i would ask him to stop first though , give him a chance to behave ?
 
kieran222 said:
Someone I know had a rat in their living room and he tried to catch it in his hands. The rat bit him (surprisingly 🙄) and he had to have a load of jabs for the next few weeks. He was planning to catch and release it😀. Some people haven't got a clue and you wonder how they survive.
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Sounds like he was successful with his catch and release!
Kb.
 
it is illegal to release rats onto someone else's land in the UK. Doing so can result in prosecution for multiple offences, depending on how it is done and the species of rat involved. [1]
Key Legal Issues:
  • Trespass and Property Damage: Releasing rats on private property without the landowner's permission is an offence. It can be prosecuted under anti-social behaviour laws or the Public Health Act. The person who released them could be held financially liable for the costs of removing the infestation and repairing any property damage. [1]
  • Animal Cruelty: Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, you have a duty of care to captured animals. Releasing domestic pets, or wild rats in an unfamiliar area, is considered an offence as it causes unnecessary suffering or death. [1, 2, 3]
  • Invasive Species Rules: If the rat released is a black rat (Rattus rattus), it is a non-native species listed under Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Releasing it into the wild without a special licence is a serious criminal offence. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Landowners also have a legal obligation under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 to keep their land free of rats, meaning deliberate introduction is taken very seriously by local authorities.
 
palmer_mike said:
it is illegal to release rats onto someone else's land in the UK. Doing so can result in prosecution for multiple offences, depending on how it is done and the species of rat involved. [1]
Key Legal Issues:
  • Trespass and Property Damage: Releasing rats on private property without the landowner's permission is an offence. It can be prosecuted under anti-social behaviour laws or the Public Health Act. The person who released them could be held financially liable for the costs of removing the infestation and repairing any property damage. [1]
  • Animal Cruelty: Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, you have a duty of care to captured animals. Releasing domestic pets, or wild rats in an unfamiliar area, is considered an offence as it causes unnecessary suffering or death. [1, 2, 3]
  • Invasive Species Rules: If the rat released is a black rat (Rattus rattus), it is a non-native species listed under Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Releasing it into the wild without a special licence is a serious criminal offence. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Landowners also have a legal obligation under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 to keep their land free of rats, meaning deliberate introduction is taken very seriously by local authorities.
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I think though that vegans are exempt 👍🏻
 
palmer_mike said:
it is illegal to release rats onto someone else's land in the UK. Doing so can result in prosecution for multiple offences, depending on how it is done and the species of rat involved. [1]
Key Legal Issues:
  • Trespass and Property Damage: Releasing rats on private property without the landowner's permission is an offence. It can be prosecuted under anti-social behaviour laws or the Public Health Act. The person who released them could be held financially liable for the costs of removing the infestation and repairing any property damage. [1]
  • Animal Cruelty: Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, you have a duty of care to captured animals. Releasing domestic pets, or wild rats in an unfamiliar area, is considered an offence as it causes unnecessary suffering or death. [1, 2, 3]
  • Invasive Species Rules: If the rat released is a black rat (Rattus rattus), it is a non-native species listed under Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Releasing it into the wild without a special licence is a serious criminal offence. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Landowners also have a legal obligation under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 to keep their land free of rats, meaning deliberate introduction is taken very seriously by local authorities.
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That is the sort of post that i like
 
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