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Sir / Madam,
I’m disappointed that no one within the BASC extended the common curtsey of acknowledging the mail below. Unfortunately, in my experience, it does seem to be the norm within the BASC these days.
That said, I though it may help your campaign to know that my dog is currently under general anaesthetic having a substantial chunk of his tail removed.
Sincerely,
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Dear Kevin
I am sorry that you didn’t get a reply. I have personally do not think I have received an email from you before, although things do get sent to the spam box, but this email did not, so I cannot think why I did not get an earlier email. I apologise on behalf of the gundog department if you have been overlooked and have forwarded to James and Jamie.
We are working on the problem, it is a difficult issue, if too much fuss is made regarding damage of dogs in the shooting field their answer may be to stop shooting or using dogs in the shooting field. This not what we want and therefore we have to follow the docking issue with caution.
I can assure you though we are following this up and I will ask the gundog co-coordinator to bring you up to speed on the issue to date.
Regards
Jan Andrews
Jan,
Thank you for your response.
I must say that the “softly, softly” attitude suggested in your mail below does not sit well with shooting men I know. Fear of complaining for fear of making things worse is not campaigning or politics as I know it – it is a mark of self accepted weakness.
As law abiding citizens we are tired of being told what we can and can’t do our loved and cared for working animals. Our guns too for that matter! We know what is best for our dogs, not a pen pusher who’s only concern is being re-elected.
On this subject the city bound politicians need to be told, clearly so, to stand down immediately.
For goodness sake, they brought in this law to prevent unnecessary mutilation and pain to our animals and it has exactly the opposite effect – a fact graphically illustrated by the link in my original mail. I know that “Dave” is anything but an isolated incident as the vets informed me that cases of damaged tails requiring surgery have gone through the roof.
In this very country we allow much greater disfigurement to be carried out upon our own children! Certain religions are legally allowed to have large chunks of healthy tissue removed from their boys penises for purely religious / cosmetic reasons!
Tail docking must be put in perspective and we expect the BASC to put the case forward in the strongest possible terms.
I attach a picture of a very groggy, hacked off and sore “Dave” on return from the vets some 30 minutes ago – a dog who could have done with greater support from the organisations we, the shooters, pay for.
Sincerely,
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Kevin,
I have had your e-mailed forwarded from Jan Andrews.
I equally apologise for the apparent lack of response; I am copied all e-mails sent to gundogs at BASC and have never seen these. I have however seen them in the sporting press.
Jan rightly states that BASC have a sensitive spam filter and I can tell you it doesn’t like forums or large photos. I can only assume your original was rejected from the system. I will endeavour to establish which.
Tail docking is a sensitive issue both North and South of the border and we are most fortunate in England and Wales in that BASC won the tail docking exemption. I am assured by my Scottish colleagues that the tide of unrest has started to break on the Executive and that we may establish an exemption in Scotland too in the near future.
Thank you for taking the time to send the e-mail and can I suggest that you forward this to our Scottish office. E- Mail address below. Its good evidence towards the solution.
Kindest Regards
Jamie
Jamie,
Please feel free to use the mails and forum post in any way you wish if you feel it may strengthen the case for an exception for working dogs.
I have updated the forum with links form our communications.
Sincerely,
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Beer Hunter wrote:Update - the last operation also seems to have been a failure as at today's check-up the skin is literally falling from his tail.
He needs yet another operation and this one will be his last chance - if this one fails he will have to be put down.
F****** brilliant.
Kev.
Tue May 12, 2009 12:59 am
Thu May 14, 2009 10:12 am
Beer Hunter wrote:Update - the last operation also seems to have been a failure as at today's check-up the skin is literally falling from his tail.
He needs yet another operation and this one will be his last chance - if this one fails he will have to be put down.
F****** brilliant.
Kev.