UK: Government Tells People to Register All Their Chickens or Go to Jail

It’s almost like they want to force the slaves to eat the poison.

European Conservative:

Today is deadline day for British chicken owners to register each of their individual birds with the state. From October 1st, it will be illegal to keep unregistered chickens in England, Wales and Scotland. The new law also applies to pigeons and birds of prey.

Formally, the regulations are to aid preparedness for avian flu and similar diseases. However, some observers are hinting that the law means that Parliament is losing focus on the big issues. Former Conservative and UKIP MP Douglas Carswell noted:

“In Britain from next Tuesday it will be a criminal offence to keep a chicken without registering it with the authorities. Clown country.”

In Britain from next Tuesday it will be a criminal offence to keep a chicken without registering it with the authorities. Clown country 🤡🇬🇧https://t.co/vdV6FkUSMw

— Douglas Carswell🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@DouglasCarswell) September 27, 2024

Under previous rules, flocks of 50 or more had to be registered with the government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Now the laws are being extended to cover individual birds, whether their eggs are destined for commercial or personal consumption—including chickens kept as pets.

Following a consultation exercise under Rishi Sunak’s previous government, attracting fewer than 3,500 respondents, the Labour government is implementing the new measure. Only 13% of those taking part in the survey thought new rules applying to individual birds were needed.

Jane Howorth, the chief executive of the British Hen Welfare Trust, supports the changes but is concerned that volunteers could be deterred from keeping “‘rescue hens:”

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All other keepers are now legally obliged to review their records annually and keep DEFRA informed of their bird ownership. Those who do not comply risk a £5,000 (€5,989) fine or six months’ imprisonment. Coincidentally, the new regime launches within a week of the UK being officially declared avian flu-free.

It is totally absurd that any country should be this oppressed.

The UK and to a slightly lesser extent the US are so brutally oppressive that some kind of foreign “war of liberation” could very easily be justified.

So all the people who tried to register their roast chickens from Tesco have managed to crash the DEFRA website and now it’s not working.
It’s not big or clever, stop sniggering! pic.twitter.com/oJsQqZFAPz

— BLAIM GAME (@BLAIMGame) October 1, 2024