A great-grandmother has been ordered to wear an electronic tag for breaching new animal welfare laws by selling a goldfish to a 14 year-old boy.
Joan Higgins, a pet shop owner, was caught selling the fish to the teenager in a 'sting' operation by council officials. She was then prosecuted in an eight month court process estimated to have cost the taxpayer more than £20,000.
Under new animal welfare laws, passed in 2006, it is it illegal to sell goldfish to under 16s. Offenders can be punished with up to 12 months in prison.
It is not yet April Fool's Day. This case indicates how mad society has become.
2 comments:
Makes me somewhat grateful to my ancestors who left the British Isles a few centuries back. I think they saw the handwriting on the wall. The authorities couldn't tolerate their bizarre religion now it looks as if the authorities can't tolerate anything.
Right, who's going to be Goldfish Commissioner on £200,000 a year?
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