Odd thing to brag about.
A great many people have pointed out that the RSPCA has a 24-hour hotline for exactly this purpose. The RSPCA have pointed out that what Maugham claims to have done is not lawful.
In case you’ve forgotten, that was Maugham’s tweeted advice to women who pointed out the potential for male people to harass or abuse women in “inclusive” changing rooms.
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14 responses to “But they don’t play baseball over there”
As a hunter, I gotta say, that’s seriously fucked up. A baseball bat? What kind of non-empathic, sadistic, cruel-hearted monster would reach for a short range, bludgeoning weapon for varmint control? You would have to want the physical feedback, to feel the bat hit flesh, to hear bones crack and the animal’s pained cry.
I … That’s … I mean …
I know. It’s horrifying.
Once again I’m honestly less astonished by the despicable behaviour of this person than the fact that he thought it was a not-horrible idea to announce the despicable behaviour to the entire world via quickly-propagated social media.
@Nullius
To be fair, Mr Maugham probably doesn’t own a rifle or shotgun. I imagine he lives on some small-holding or even has a large garden with chickens. And a wild animal trapped is pretty fearful as you can’t release it without getting bitten. But yes, you would call the RSPCA, if only for advice.
This has gone viral. There’s an entertaining thread about how UK publications would run this story.
https://twitter.com/ajcdeane/status/1210206066560131072?fbclid=IwAR1cFTUbpYzuPryd7bQtXQfkjfX5CHmX95OcNaYH_edPQaodRIIOvYKZ4ak
Dude. Morally healthy people don’t kill the trapped animal. They free it. Like this. Or this. Or this Or this.
You are an actual sociopath.
“I did something wrong. That wrong thing was getting caught. I am sorry I did that wrong thing.”
@KBPlayer Having released raccoons, opossums, angry feral cats and the neighbors’ chicken killing puppy from live traps without getting bitten, I’m not sure you’ve been using the right trap.
Jo is clearly a Fox-Exclusive Radical Avianist. I can’t believe anyone would employ such a bigot.
@cazz – In these parts we don’t get a chance to practice on raccoons and opossums. Squirrels, maybe. I’m afraid I’ve only caught mice in traps, and the trap kills them outright.
Actually I understand the fox was caught in chicken wire.
Papito, maybe Fox-Exclusive Radical Fowlist be more apt?
AoS, three can play this game, and I’ve got the winning hand.
The name Todd is derived from Ole English for Fox, thus making him a Todd Exclusive Radical Fowlist.
/Takes a bow
Well played, Roj. Consider my cap doffed.
Good gravy, I wouldn’t have thought it was a real boast. I thought it was hyperbole, made up for effect.
I mean, instead of just “imagining” what the RSPCA would do, he could have tried phoning them. I might not have blamed him if after what feels like an hour of recorded messages he had thrown the phone aside and taken matters into his own hands. My own imagination is suggesting an old blanket and some wire cutters to solve the problem, but of course I’m not as woke as this guy.
I would think sales of baseball bats in the UK would warrant some police attention. I suspect that a large majority of those sold are intended as weapons.