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that is positive you should hear my negative comments :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle:

think your bang on there , the biggest problem is 1 the unions are fragmented 5 unions in uk and Ireland , 2 no union has done anything positive for its membership regarding bop , i partly blame the way there set up with non fanciers , union means to come together to act as one , it's high time that we did just that, there are too many individual bodies and not one of them leading the way , all they do is take our fees and report birds and register rings and give distances out . But we need more , petitions have done sod all , I've never even heard on news once Racing pigeons have been mentioned in Parliament and the devastation bops are having on our past time , in the last 10 years things have changed drastically for the worse , my biggest fear is we all want something doing , we've tried the legal routes , but I think the politicians are deeply in the pockets of the R.S.P.B , i guess if what we have now resembles a third world without proper infrastructure then we have to start to rebuilding starting with one union for all , put those in power who want to act for the many not the few , invest in proper race plans , buy newer wagons create bigger federations / combines , national racing where clubs join rather than individuals , employ someone who's in the public eye as a naturist , send all our wagons down to parliament and bring London to a stand still , then perhaps we might have some credibility and get mentioned in parliament the bop protection law should have been lifted years ago as stated in the big house when they brought the protection out and rightly so after the misuse of DDT insecticides , now the protection needs lifting and investment in rebuilding habitats and planting broadleaf trees and recovering valuable wildlife habitat is needed , along with removal of urban bops and bops that are injured should be put to sleep as have no natural fear of man , rant over :emoticon-0179-headbang: :emoticon-0179-headbang:

If the R.P.R.A and other unions came together perhaps they could enlist someone like Chris Packham to get our plight in the public arena as he actually knows what he's talking about http://www.chrispackham.co.uk/contact.htm

they've done that and not been checked , have these trees been replanted ????????

Pigeon keeping / racing wont ever get banned as they'd be in European courts over human rights , my birds are my family grown up with them all my life , would love to know how they'd change that besides if had to give up the birds i'd go clay shooting without the clays

saw a good documentary by Chris Packham the other night on bbc2 mainly about over grassing on the moors and the forestry commission / Dutchy Of Cornwall not using native broad leaf trees was quite interesting , although bops are a big part of what's going wrong other bodies are making it worse as well , the list would be farmers grassing on moors destroying habitats , the national forestry commission and the duchy of Cornwall planting not native trees , then the R.S.P.B on top of that .

Quite a few of us not from Scotland , im from Yorkshire it's not quite Scotland yet although think we've had a Scottish summer , and everyone's welcome regardless of where there from :002: :002:

The Fifer is the site owner

hopefully they be first to go or they be funded by the bop lovers brigade

R.I.P. Billy , our thoughts are with your friends and family at this sad time , may he rest in peace

had a training crate from them years ago

think they put the wrong Miliband in top job , hes too quite , but then again leave these in a few years economy should start to recover before labour get back in , but with all the cut backs i doubt it will recover

Could only happen under a Conservative government , can't wait to get them out

he also might get a few tip where to buy materials and stuff also a few fanciers might have bits they no longer are using or want , great offer Dougie

you might get a few ideas from others in your area to build yer loft

:emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping: well done common sense wins the day i think

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enjoy hope the weathers kind to ya

Happy Birthday vander mungo , have a good un

mealy with silver to get cream bar to get yellow ( orange looking ) red x silver chequer

cream bar is dilute red , so you may get silvers and blues or mealys unless one of the parents are carrying spread

Welcome to The Mad house John :emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping:

they've blended quite nicely with my Kirkpatricks and Janssens can't keep them all as need the room

You can get squirrel traps look like a bird feeder

the Jouey Le Chatel cock on his first two youngsters of the year so after he's reared them your welcome to him as these are off straight to stock