Guest TAMMY_1 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 AI – the latest 22 February 2007 As of 16 February, the ban on bird gatherings in the non-restricted parts of England has been lifted and gatherings are permitted again under general licence. The ban will remain in place within the entirety of the Restricted Zone, as per the legal requirements until further notice. (likely to be for another couple of weeks). THE CURRENT SITUATION IS THAT DEFRA IS NOW CLARIFYING THE SITUATION IN THE CONTINENTAL COUNTRIES THAT WE RACE FROM. ONCE APPROVAL HAS BEEN GRANTED FROM FRANCE, BELGIUM ETC DEFRA WILL ISSUE A GENERAL LICENCE FOR RACING FROM THE CONTINENT. For Northern Ireland DARD has decided to impose a precautionary ban on the movement of birds from the control areas in Great Britain to attend bird gatherings and pigeon races in Northern Ireland. The ban on the movement of birds from Great Britain to attend bird gatherings and pigeon races in Northern Ireland has also been lifted. JERSEY Will accept consignments of live birds, except from restriction zones. Peter Bryant
Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 well all looks good then
ALF Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 GLAD TO HEAR EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO GET BACK TO NORMALITY WITH RACING ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY ;D
tony99 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 all looks good for racing over the water lets all hope so
Guest jason Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Looking good, keeping fingers and toes crossed! ;D ;D Jason
MITIE man Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Absolutely GREAT NEWS Common Sense prevails!!! Best of luck for 2007 EVERYONE
Guest Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Great news, DEFRA have shifted fundamentally by allowing us to go if the other countries agree. Of course nothing is for sure but things look good. Well done Peter Bryant all the hrad work is being repaid.
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Would have been even more promising if Bernard Mathews had not nearly screwed us up
Guest Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 thats good news for the now but after what happened its not the migration of birds thats the worry ,so lets hope lessons have been learned of this so as we pigeon fanciers have no fear of any blame being left at our door.
Guest Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Positive news indeed. Just wonder why DEFRA waited so long to find out how our EU partner countries were handling international racing? Come to think of it, do Dutch, French, Belgian, German etc pigeons have similar isolation periods imposed on returning from their international races?
Guest Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 I hear there's a Puskas furtuity race being liberated from Norfolk next week!?
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