TEAM CANADA

We have gone off on a bit of a tangent of late concerning the liars at Sandwell council and their murdering ways concerning the Canada geese. But don’t think you’re off the hook Rhodia/Solvay as you should know by now that “I am a man with a very particular set of skills, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.” Multi tasking a speciality.

Turning a harmless bird into a monster is what they are trying to do, but they are the monsters

If only the likes of DEFRA, Natural England and the AHVLA cared about “native species” that were poisoned by an unnatural non-native chemical dumped by a polluting British chemical company. I remember dealing with some bloke called Herrity at some organisation or other connected with “wildlife surveillance”- waste of bloody space entirely. Would never have got anywhere from anyone in a .gov organisation, and the truth would never have been revealed.

If only “the coalition of the shilling” -Sandwell council, The health and Safety Executive, The Environment agency, and The Health Protection Agency cared about the threat to human health posed by the chemicals concerned at Rattlechain  instead of protecting business. But they didn’t care and we not them have exposed how wildlife and people were being threatened by this toxic lake of death.

This is separate to the proven poisoning of lakes with Albright and Wilson  phosphates over the years, and the unseen or monitored release into the water catchment of calcium phosphates from a source known to contain thousands of tonnes of calcium phosphate pumped under discharge consent into the Birmingham Canal.

THE DENIERS

But whereas certain chemical companies are no doubt  Corporate  killers, there exists an even worse serial killer which exists out there- the serial killer in denial about what they have done, to the point that they will invent stories of going to a better place- a heaven like Nirvana, just like those who peddle religion find it easy to almost convince themselves in the fairy story that they tell to their grandchildren after also going to feed the ducks and that death is not the finality that it really is. I am talking about Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.

This non- entity of an authority is 40 years old this year and has always been throughout under Labour control. Currently 70 out of 72 councillors are Labour elected. They must feel pretty smug, but looking at some of their mugshots, it is plain to see that many of them and their forebears are “non-native” to Great Britain. Some of them are also not exactly an example of an Aryan master race either being both old and also grossly obese, even though they appear to support extermination policy of a certain species.  Should I point this out- well yes I am going to because it is the truth. Like many in the officer category in the council, they cannot claim relatives going back and living here since 1665 when the Canada goose  was first brought here, as previously mentioned -by white land owning slave-masters against its will. They were not economic migrants.

Canada geese eat what they can get and largely graze on the little grass that surrounds park pools, with water borne vegetation very poor in urban areas, largely as a result of the use of pesticides such as DDT. On some park islands in Sandwell nothing grows. This is not the Canada gooses fault but that of some over zealous park gardeners of the past. This council does nothing to address this issue.

It’s just grass for fucks sake, get over it and your paranoia of shit

Whereas the Canada goose is “non-native”, people of non- native origin enjoy protection from discrimination through equality laws passed relatively recently in this country’s  history. At the same time as these type of laws are strengthened through progressive European human rights legislation, so the rights of “non- native” animals get ever weaker and more prejudiced by European bureaucratic bigots and their ignorance.

The Conservative party in power have shown themselves to be an anti wildlife party fuelled on killing things for farming and business interest- hence the abhorrent “infrastructure bill.” But Labour claim to be the party for animal welfare, having passed the Hunting with Dogs Act amongst others. There is also the The Labour Animal Welfare society  (LAWS) who campaign for the rights of animals within the political sphere. They rightly call for an end to Government backed culls of wildlife.

But what do Labour do in power when they have it -such as in Local authority dictatorships such as Sandwell?

THE FACTS

• Sandwell council kills Canada geese in secret yet tries to deny it.
• Sandwell council are a Labour run authority promoting we are supposed to believe equality and animal welfare policy.
• They condemn the CON-DEMS for things like the badger cull because of class issue, yet in power themselves instigate the exact same measures against other animals and birds whose relatives have been here longer than theirs.
• THEY ARE UTTER COWARDS, HYPOCRITES AND LIARS.

In our time of rescuing injured wildfowl in this borough, of all types regardless of species, we have received nothing but criticism, ignorance, apathy and downright malevolence from this local authority- and the majority of its officers. Some rangers have helped us but others (who strangely buggered off to France in retirement 🙂 😀 D did nothing but spread lies about us as mischief- makers.

I personally have dealt with this,

this

swan shot dead

and this

Goose shot with crossbow bolt removed at vets

and many, many more like it, all of them caused by the wilful destruction of human hands, yet all these incidents combined do not tally up or compare with the number of birds that JOHN SATCHWELL, PARKS MANAGER AT SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL chose to murder in the park that they shared with him as a neighbour. This act of murder was worse, and he and his authority are worse than any of the perpetrators of the senseless wanton vandalism detailed above, or any that I have ever read about anywhere else.

It was pre-planned, clandestinely executed and then denied- all the hall marks of the serial killer.

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Sometimes a line has to be drawn and from now on we will no longer be using the name “Sandwell” in our group- we are just “swanwatch”. We no longer wish to be associated with this pathetic borough, its one man dictatorship and its murder of wildlife. We do not just care about swans and their plight, but all wildfowl who share the same lake as this “native” species.

Birds are not racist in their acceptance of food from a diverse community that this council actively promotes- yet isn’t it strange that such an authority tries to stop the one thing that actually unites the whole of the community in an act of selfless compassion towards the birds by feeding them? This is something that their paid self elected “community leader” shills  could never achieve in their MBE awarded lifetimes.

One bird at the Victoria park site, a cross breed who we knew as “Alfie”  had lived there as resident for at least 15 years. He is missed by many people who ask where he has gone. I have of course told them, and also who killed him.

This is not “Alfie” but the nearest we could find. RIP poor little Alfie

CALL TO ACTION

So along with our name drop, we call on all those who care and feed birds, including the substantial Hindu community who live in Tividale and Oldbury to boycott future Sandwell council run events in protest at this MURDEROUS action, and their misappropriation of taxpayers money for their invented complaints about geese.

We also ask that as it appears that the 220 were killed on Sandwell property, most likely Forge Mill Farm, that you boycott going to The Sandwell park farm and Forge Mill farm. Use the entrance fee towards buying some corn for the birds, that can be bought much more cheaply in a local pet shop than they sell it for there.

We have now set up a new website dealing with the Canada geese issue in Sandwell

It also has a facebook page.

We are  organising two petitions to condemn this senseless slaughter and call on this council to never again resort to such drastic and ignorant action, where alternative methods of solving an issue to what they and a vocal minority of people see as “a problem” being repeated.

Please sign the petition to stop Sandwell council slaughtering Canada geese.

The Sandwell petition for those who live or work in Sandwell is being widely circulated and we need your help here if you fit this criteria, to call on a senior council officer to give evidence under scrutiny for this unnecessary evil action.

Flyers, education, Direct Action to follow.

We will not forget our fallen comrades at Victoria park Tipton, and Dartmouth park West Bromwich, and we will never forgive those who brought this about. Their time will come.

KARMA

It’s been a busy week to say the least. A week ago the story about the savage action of SMBC was broken by the Birmingham Mail. The video exploded onto youtube and then the news spread to The Express and Star, The Daily Mirror and The Daily Mail. Of these I only spoke to the Daily Mail who contacted me. Then on Tuesday I was contacted by BBC Radio WM. I was told that Maria Crompton (booo hisss), was going to be on the show with presenter Mollie Green. Would I like to come on- is the Pope Catholic?

This is available to all on iplayer for a couple of more days- so make the most of it. We have recorded a copy for evidence purposes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p024qf3c

What I find most disturbing about this interview, despite the loss of 220 birds, was Crompton’s total lack of understanding of the issue and the revelation that despite being the cabinet member responsible, according to the FOI request that verbally authorised this murder, she was unable to answer when questioned as to HOW THE BIRDS HAD BEEN KILLED. The transcript of the show reads as follows at the 43.00 minute mark into the two hour show:

MOLLIE GREEN: “So the adults were killed?”

MARIA CROMPTON “We did take the adults and they were “humanely destroyed”.

MOLIIE GREEN: “How were they destroyed Maria?”

7 second silent pause

MARIA CROMPTON: “I don’t know how they were destroyed, I know that they were taken to one of our farms and erm the company that is erm that took them are fully licensed by Natural England and that is what their job is to “humanely destroy”…. these….these geese.”

MOLLIE GREEN: “And you have no idea how?”

MARIA CROMPTON: “I don’t know how they killed the geese, no.”

It’s worth pausing to read Sandwell Council’s full statement on this issue. Most of it is not worthy of comment due to the misguided and misinformed slurs on Canada geese- an obvious attempt to make people- especially with children fear and loath a harmless creature.

“Councillor Maria Crompton, Sandwell Council’s cabinet member for highways and environment, said: “No-one would want to have to do this – but unfortunately, as a responsible authority, we had no choice but to reduce the number of Canada Geese at these two parks.

“I’m very sad we had to do this but people’s safety and public health are paramount. We have done this as a last resort and as humanely as possible in response to repeated complaints and real concerns from park users, including parents of young children.

“We’ve tried pricking and oiling goose eggs in the past to try to reduce numbers, and continue to do so, but we find this has little effect.

“With more than 1,000 geese grazing in our parks and a pair of geese rearing anything from four to eight goslings a season, the numbers had got out of control, especially at Victoria Park, Tipton, and Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich.

“A large flock defecating every few minutes can deposit a great deal of mess. They can foul lawns and footpaths and can have environmental impact on the quality of parks, green spaces, lakes and pools. The droppings contain bacteria and may be harmful if inadvertently swallowed.

“We receive numerous complaints from families with young children complaining about the mess they leave and their aggressive behaviour during the breeding season.

“The increase in numbers has had a detrimental impact on other waterfowl. We’re trying to re-introduce more ornamental ducks back into the formal parks – but before we do, we need to control the numbers of Canada Geese to acceptable levels.

“We appointed a company licensed by Natural England. Geese were taken to a discreet place completely away from public view, in line with accepted methods. Clearly, we wouldn’t have wanted people to see this happening in the park.

“We hope this action has brought the numbers of geese down to more manageable levels in these parks, making them safer and cleaner for park users, especially children.”

We have rubbished most of these remarks and hers in a previous post, but there  is more detailed rebuttal needed which will appear in a future post. It appears that this “discreet place” was obviously a Sandwell Farm, as evidenced by Crompton’s on air admission. WE THEREFORE APPEAR TO HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THESE SANDWELL GEESE WERE KILLED ON SANDWELL COUNCIL PROPERTY.

It has come to our attention that Councillor Crompton is a keen horse rider, and we wonder if she makes a point of clearing up after her horse when it needs to go to the toilet on a highway or down a country Lane. All those germs in those big hefty piles Councillor! Think of how many children could go blind rolling in it, and if they inadvertently swallow some- I perish to think of what might happen. Then they are so aggressive aren’t they with those big teeth that they have, and those big long legs for kicking people with!  I think it would be better if SMBC introduced rocking horses at Sandwell Valley and at the working farms. Rocking horse shite doesn’t harm anyone.

Some animals are obviously more equal than others, and obviously this also applies to the shit that they produce as well.

We now know that Sandwell council contracted pest exterminator firm “PESTEX”
to round up and exterminate many Canada geese in two of their Green Flag parks. This followed a mysterious briefing to the cabinet member which Sandwell council claim “is not a public document”.

Not an “ornamental duck” but a real one. But for how long will they be there given Sandwell Council’s record on wildfowl slaughter?

Our latest video package is shown below. Look out for one of these four employees of this company spitting on the grass- that’s top quality that- I wonder if there were any diseases present or what Sandwell council makes of young families playing football on that grass, or if they may accidentally swallow the spittle? They use these arguments to target the geese do they not?

“WE DON’T KILL BIRDS MATE.” WELL OBVIOUSLY YOU DO 220 CANADA GEESE ACCORDING TO SANDWELL COUNCIL WHICH IS WHAT THEY PAID YOU TO DO “MATE”.

BUT WHAT OF THE COMPANY INVOLVED?

THE FOLLOWING IS KNOWN USING FREE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RECORDS WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS.

“Pestex Limited” 11 years old, (though it appears it had a former incarnation as the same named company but dissolved),  has a registered address at

: Dominique House 1 Church Road, Netherton Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 0LY

is based at

40 New Road Haywood House, Stourbridge, DY8 1PA

£31,367
Cash 

£17,988
Net Worth

run by three directors- namely

GARY COOK-BORN 1964

GERALDINE COOK–  BORN 1962

MARTIN WARNER-BORN 1967

The cooks- (are there too many of them?), have been directors of other dissolved companies of a similar nature.

“FLYCONTROL.CO.UK LIMITED”-DISSOLVED

“ESTUARY LIMITED”-DISSOLVED

Also run by Cook and Warner besides Pestex we have

“WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED”

(The service is obviously not in the business of saving any)

and

“SAFER ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED”– they use the acronym “SAS” 😆 – YEAH THEY REALLY DO- rope abseiling apparently for getting rid of those pesky Libyan pigeon terrorists hiding in embassies and holding secretaries hostage. “WHO SNARES WINS”?

Whatever the briefing against the geese, which may well have had some pecuniary interest from the person responsible, (was this declared?) the following below is a briefing about the pest control industry.

Typically a male dominated industry, the successful candidate will be completely devoid of any compassion towards wild animals. Typically they will assume a predator avatar such as a large dog, unusual exotic animal or more usually a bird of prey raptor. It is the control of this avatar that allows the exterminator the ability to express their gratification for violence and death explicitly- particularly thrilling for them in the open air environment. The feeding of such an avatar with live food feeds their lust to control it.

This “higher form of killing” and hunting stems from a troubled childhood. One of seclusion and bullying by the father in which the individual will start to enact the role-plays perpetrated on them towards animals and usually birds. They may have seen their fathers pulling the heads off chickens or pigeons. They may form partnerships in this killing activity as they mature into adulthood, and usually this will involve shooting birds along canal towpaths with air weapons or using catapults against cats which they class as “vermin”. The “vermin” is of course the thing that the bully saw them as and which they see themselves as- which is why they adopt the role of predator because it reminds them every time that they see “vermin” of themselves being bullied- which is why they adopt the role of bully to quell this thought.

Feeling small?

As time progresses the exterminator will unfortunately look for a mate in which domestic abuse will be prevalent. And then unfortunately along comes the child which will follow in the footsteps of the previous in being bullied, like his father before him. The avatar becomes key here when the child “adopts” the predator avatar in fear of his father- to continue the bloodlust that will continue to run in the family. Taking pictures together of “a trophy” with bright smiling faces is usually carried out and there may also be a collection of artefacts from dead animals or birds in the home- all reminders and regulators of their power and dominance in the cave dwelling and the fact that they are no longer the bullied vermin.

There will also be the tendency to act out power roles by the militarisation and regimentation of operations in their daily lives. Dressing up in camouflage gear assumes the colours of the avatar predator; knives or other weapons about their person also allow them to continue the dominance of talons of a bird or claws of a bear. Some may also have had military careers, though probably brief- the perfect scenario for re-enacting the cycle of bullying to assume ultimate dominance as the alpha male.

The pest extermination industry and that of the allied game keeping industry is one of wildlife criminality. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to see the number of people involved in these two fields are those who make up the majority of offences of wildlife crime. Be it badgers, foxes or even wild birds of prey of “native” origin- they will use poison, animal, traps and gun for their own pleasure.

All of the above is my own opinion of course- one that I would recommend a cull of them for. There are too many of those white people, and they spread disease- especially when the sewage from their homes overflows into controlled waters.

Karma is a wonderful thing, and perhaps those in this industry will find peace when returning as a cancerous bacterium. In this way the thing that they kill will also hopefully be another pest exterminator.

We now have confirmation that 220 Canada geese were apparently killed between 2013-14 in both Victoria park Tipton and Dartmouth Park West Bromwich. This follows sending our story to The Black Country Birmingham Evening Mail.

This shameful action of Sandwell Council  is justified by them in perhaps one of the most appallingly written letters I have ever read from a local authority. It also lays bare the rationale of prejudice rather than the facts of any scientific scrutiny. Animal Aid have produced an interesting discussion on this topic.

alternativestoculling

We will be setting the record straight about the Canada Goose  in a future post- please note NOT “CANADIAN GEESE”- They would be “Canadian” Canada geese if they came from Canada. Canadian geese is not a plural of Canada goose- it is Canada geese, in the same way as that more than one  Brent goose  are not  Brentian geese.

• What paper is she talking about, who authored it and what is their experience regarding Canada geese and position within Sandwell Council?
• Why are geese singled out in terms of their increasing numbers as opposed to other wildfowl in the parks of Sandwell? Are they obsessed with having a quota on everything, including their equal opportunities within the council?
• It is clearly evident to whom that the numbers have significantly increased to the point where they are a threat to public health and public safety? What figures do the council have to justify such an action? By what numbers have they increased and over what time period?
• They claim to have oiled eggs and this has not reduced the numbers to “acceptable levels”- again what are “acceptable” levels and who decides what these levels are and the rationale behind it? Are 20 geese not a threat to public health and safety yet 30 are? The truth is that they are not a threat to human public health and safety at all.
• “A more sustainable approach” – they mean genocide here.
• I am not aware that geese damage grass and amenity land in parks and grasslands.
• Damage has been caused to a wet meadow at Sheepwash Local Nature reserve by National Grid and their contractors this year which has yet to be rectified. This is in addition to the abysmal management of this site in terms of grass cutting in general. Then we have motorbikes, people trotting horse and carts in parks, urinating dogs, as well as many other birds, animals and even humans shitting on their precious blades. Why cull only the geese? In terms of damage, what level is caused by them compared to the other aforementioned?

Recycled grass

• They eat grass to survive because it is their natural diet. Sandwell council have a fascist attidude towards feeding birds in their open parks- which resulted in a single mother having been fined with her toddler for feeding the birds in Stoney Lane Park. Leader of Sandwell council Darren Cooper lives opposite this park.
• I have not gone around timing how often geese defecate, and I have no idea what volume of excrement a single goose can be responsible for. Have they followed one around to determine this? How are the council able to distinguish between the excrement of other birds as opposed to just singling out Canada Geese?
• The last paragraph if it were a Wikipedia article would be asking for “a citation needed”. It is all opinion and no evidence based statement. Determine using evidence that Canada geese do all the things mentioned and not all other birds within a park. Let us also not forget that these parks were man-made and unnatural in the first place- usually given by parasitic and corrupt industrialists who bought peoples votes and who’s families still swan around with airs and graces from afar complaining about the state of their ancestors benevolence going to waste. THESE PEOPLE “NON NATIVES” CAN SHIT OFF BACK TO AMERICA OR SPAIN OR WHEREVER ELSE THEY LIVE AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED FAIRLY SOON.
• Let us also not forget that “Victoria” park was named after a fat bitch of non-native German origin.
• When talking about “environmental impact” ,how amazing that Sandwell council ignore the impact of Rattlechain lagoon when we drew their attention to it. The three local Labour councillors in which the ward was based did absolutely nothing on this issue, and neither did “Manboobs Hussein”. As for the useless Environmental health department at Sandwell Council, they only deal with harassing individuals instead of tackling business pollution.

• What bacteria do the droppings contain Councillor Crompton- please be specific and how there is a specific bacteria in Canada goose droppings as opposed to any other birds. How does this differ from Dog mess or other animal waste, bearing in mind that Canada geese are herbivors and do not eat meat. If we are talking about animal zoonotic diseases perhaps take a look at how the farming industry has produced many over the last couple of decades, including bird flu in a turkey death camp.
• What number of people have been affected by picking up diseases within Sandwell’s parks as a result of coming into contact with Canada geese droppings alone?
• HOW DO SANDWELL COUNCIL JUSTIFY ALLOWING LONG DISTANCE SWIMMERS INTO SWAN POOL IN THE SANDWELL VALLEY, AND ALSO ORGANISING CHILDREN’S TRIATHLONS HERE IF THE QUALITY OF WATER IS SO BAD AS A RESULT OF CANADA GEESE SHITTING IN THE LAKE? If we are following the council’s rationale here then it is being irresponsible by allowing people to use this facility in this way and should stop it immediately. The risk is of course negligible, but they would be more likely to “inadvertently swallow” a turd in the water than a turd on the grass. The last sentence in this paragraph is ridiculous. What is the water quality like in the lakes across Sandwell?
• How many complaints have been received specifically about the Canada geese alone and are these complaints justified or just the work of some over zealous hygiene obsessed mother or father caring about their own selfish genes? If they are such a burden to you then don’t have them in the first place.
• Their “aggressive behaviour” is often fuelled by verminous children ( of which there are an increasing number and far too many), chasing them around, throwing sticks or loosing off dogs to chase them into the water which they think is funny. If this causes “aggression” then it is fully justified that the geese behave aggressively towards a predator threat. Aggression can also be fuelled by taking eggs off nests – thus killing the young of the birds. Perhaps people in Sandwell council might become aggressive if their pregnant wives when at the neonatal classes had a goose abortionist sneak in and create a tomato ketchup out of the thing that they are carrying around inside them.
• “The increase in numbers has had a detrimental impact on other waterfowl.”

WHERE DO WE START WITH THAT ONE!

Firstly prove this with direct evidence showing how. The impact of human activity within parks and open spaces in Sandwell is caused purely by mans activities and not the Canada gooses.

• Sandwell council do not plant natural foods in its parks and open spaces as we suggested. The park islands at Victoria Park were made sterile with pesticides many years ago.
• Sandwell council allow drunks to fish on its pools overnight and park within the Sandwell Valley against their own angling code of conduct. When challenged on this Crompton has refused to do anything about this, as have the managers of the Sandwell Valley by changing the locks to which they obviously have keys.
• pictures all taken in Sandwell where the issues have been entirely caused by human activity and Sandwell councils abysmal management of its parks and open spaces.

A great black backed gulls legs tied together with fishing line in Victoria park Tipton by some bastard with a rod

cygnets beak cut with a ringpull by some lazy bastard drinking from a can

cygnet with a fishing spinner attached to leg by another lazy bastard with a rod

A lazy bastard in Wednesbury drops a pack of four ring binder

Another lazy bastard in Victoria Park Tipton who has lost their line and float in the trees, resulting in a broken wing and death for this seagull

An illegal fishing trap left behind by some poaching bastard

and another- here’s a clue it wasn’t the Canada geese behind that left it there

Bitten not by a Canada goose, but by a lazy bastard who could not control their dog

Leg hanging off at swan pool, another dog this time a Labrador apparently, owner very upset apparently, I bet she was. Swan put down. Not the Canada goose to blame.

Q Did the geese leave this spinner behind in a cygnets beak in Sandwell? A. No a lazy bastard did

A .177 airgun pellet left behind in a Tipton park- did the geese leave it there?

ALL OF THESE AND MANY MANY MORE WERE FOUND BY SWANWATCH AND IN MOST CASES DEALT WITH BY US AND NOT SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

•  “Ornamental ducks”- another priceless piece of rationale from this thick council. So the wildlife is merely decorative and the existence purely for the eye. It was this perversion of nature that brought the Canada goose to this country in the first place as an “ornamental bird”. Kill one non-native species to replace it with another- the Muscovy duck. This particular bird is known as a prominent carrier of Duck Viral Enteritis and in the wild when released can pass on and infect birds across the lake in the same manner as Sandwell council are suggesting by faecal contact. That they are proposing release of domestic fowl onto a lake populated with wildfowl cannot be an idea proposed by any serious ecologist or conservation officer, nor one concerned with animal welfare. It is just another crazy idea with someone who views a park as a picture to look at.
• As for the notion of introducing the two other species, these are birds that were bred for meat. It is unlikely that they would last very long on the formal parks given the proven poaching of Eastern Europeans taking place in the parks of Sandwell. I have evidence, not speculation, and the RSPCA and police scene of crime officers have been involved in the past when I have found this evidence.
• What is an “acceptable level”? Yet again we see a politician dealing in quotas. The thinking behind their decision does not stack up to scrutiny.
• PESTEX ARE LIARS. WHY DO THEY TELL PEOPLE THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY ARE NOT IF THEY HAVE SUCH A LICENCE? Why do they openly say they are going to break the law, and then appear to by releasing this “non-native species at an RSPB nature reserve for good measure!

• “Acceptable methods of containment”. Crompton’s only concern appears to be that they did not escape whilst in transit. WHAT ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE? THIS METHOD OF UNRESTRAINED GEESE PACKED INTO A CRATE IS CRUEL AND ABHORRENT. I HAVE EXPERINCE OF DEALING WITH THESE BIRDS, YOUR OFFICERS DO NOT. THEY NEED TO BE INDIVIDUALLY RESTRAINED WHEN BEING TRANSPORTED – AND BETTER STILL, NOT TRANSPORTED AT ALL WITH STUPID CULLS LIKE THIS.
• The geese were not removed discretely, we videod and interrupted the action last year. If we had been there this year we would have stopped it with direct action. What discreet location were they taken to- an address in Greyhound Lane by any chance, or in Netherton by any chance – or was it the Sandwell park farm?

THE LOCAL FOOD BANK

•  “Humanely culled”- that phrase used by anti wildlife murderers over the years. My definition of “humanity” is one of abhorrent cruelty such as acts like this, not compassion. The method of killing was not given to the journalist at the Birmingham mail- Sandwell Council  would not say. So was it gassing, shooting or neck breaking, and how does Crompton know that the method was carried out to acceptable standards??
• The method described by Natural England requires that the geese are killed out of sight of the flock- yet they nor anyone else ever checks this out. A general licence issued by them is immoral licensed genocide of wildlife. They are a quite abhorrent organisation.
• Number of goslings surviving on Sheepwash Local nature reserve this year-0. All taken by predators. As a large number are anyway on parks across Sandwell. Removing these birds will be more likely to result in other species including “ornamental ducks” being killed by predators. So

• No you do not appreciate my concerns Crompton, you just gloss over them repeatedly as you did with my concerns about fencing off the lakes at Dartmouth Park preventing swans from accessing natural food, and also night fishing in the Sandwell Valley and anti-social behaviour issues- these which are against the council’s own policy.
• Discussion?- what is the point of any discussion after the killing of 220 birds? This council are serial liars, cowards and murderers and are anti wildlife- what is there to discuss with such people? There is no way forward, so don’t try to pretend to be offering any form of olive branch. As I said before, you are now our enemies forever, and we will do everything possible to nail and undermine your council at every opportunity. This includes direct action against your council.

As for the pathetic threat offered by Crompton concerning the parks manager in question, we wonder if a pecuniary interest was declared at the cabinet briefing? Any highlighting of any individual is necessary to explore this issue, which may be prejudicial to the code of conduct for officers adopted by Sandwell Council. I believe strongly that this officer and perhaps others have breached this code in several instances and will be making a formal complaint to Sandwell Council’s Neeraj Sharma. We would like to make it clear that we target all of Sandwell council for this action. We also make it clear that to date we have followed through with everything that we said we would do if it turned out that Sandwell Council had killed innocent birds. WE WILL DEFEND THEM.

I had found some full containers labelled Ortho-phosphoric acid. I called the Environment Agency who did not believe it was up to them to remove said containers of chemical but they would call Sandwell council to do the job.

This week it appears that “CSI SERCO” have appeared. There are many parts of Sandwell that were going to feature in a real life crime documentary called “CSI Sandwell”- until the police told the programme makers that the victims and potential murderers  all had the same DNA (half horse), and no teeth.

The taped off containers still there

I am hoping that the nob heads who dumped this “litter” will claim it, but not too long a wait I hope before the nob heads who haven’t removed it do so.

On the rattlechain front we give you “part 5 of how do you solve a problem like the mere?”

I have now received a response to my official FOI request concerning the “relocation” of Canada geese” from Victoria park Tipton.

They decided as another act of cowardice to send it to my home address, rather than publicly post it on the WDTK website where everyone could read it. But we can soon fix that…..

WHAT DID WE ASK AND WHAT DID THEY KNOW?

1.Could you supply me with the following information.

The cabinet report concerning the “relocation” of Canada geese from Victoria park Tipton and Dartmouth park undertaken by PESTEX last year in July. I cannot find any such document on your website, does it indeed exist?

A1

“There was no cabinet report regards approval to relocate the geese. A cabinet briefing was presented to the cabinet member – this is not a public document. We do not hold any information regarding the approval of the process; as such approval was given verbally for 2013/14.”

2. On 16th July PESTEX again removed around 70 geese from this park. What approval has been given for this operation? I am requesting relevant emails or correspondence which give approval for this task, as well as for that last year. I am also requesting the cost of this operation and which budget it came from.

“A2 The briefing was approved to remove the geese from both Victoria Park and Dartmouth Park in 2013 and to repeat the action in 2014.

Section 21 of The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows public authorities not to disclose information reasonably available to the requestor by other means, in this case, the information you have requested is already publicly available on:

http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/downloads/download/736/transparency-creditor_payments_over_500

The budget for this work was funded from the Parks and Countryside revenue budget.”

3 Can I ask for confirmation that these birds were killed by this pest control company and this task was therefore authorized by a Sandwell council officer or cabinet member.
I am certain that these birds were not “relocated” to the stated area that they were going to, and this would require authorization from Natural England in order to do this. Could you therefore supply me with the licence that you obtained from them to relocate
these birds which were transported by the pest control company unrestrained in the back of a horse trailer for approximately 3 miles if the claim of “relocation” is to be believed.

“A3 The council can confirm the geese were culled under licence following strict guidelines as advised by Natural England.

As for the licence you requested a copy of, the council does not hold this information for the purposes of The Freedom of Information Act 2000. Indeed, Section 3(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 only subjects information held by the council to disclosure. In this case, the council has outsourced the culling of the geese and the licence you wish to obtain a copy of has been awarded to our contractor for them to carry out their business; it does not fall within the scope of application of the Act. As a result, the council is satisfied it is entitled not to provide you with a copy of it.

The work was undertaken by the company PESTEX whom are licensed to undertake such work and who informed Natural England of the action taken. The geese were transported by the company in an appropriate trailer and were dispatched to a discreet location”

The letter is printed below

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Why is the cabinet briefing not a public document? Probably because it does not exist, is devoid of any scientific evidence and probably reveals who was behind the cull- namely John Satchwell. According to this, Councillor Maria Crompton authorised this cull verbally, and again there is no public record of this it seems according to the response to question 1. The response is vaguely worded and does not answer the question. We had already obtained information from Natural England that they would not have authorised any relocation of geese. We just wanted Sandwell council to admit the lies that they and their contractor had initially tried to tell.

The pest control contractor that Sandwell Council used, PESTEX are liars. They tell people untruthful information about their clandestine murderous activities. That it is “lawful”  or they have a general licence does not make it morally right when those making the laws do so for their own personal financial gain, which they then try to justify with unproven scientific facts about their discrimination and scapegoating of “non-native species.”

That a Senior officer of Sandwell council with a vested personal interest in Victoria Park Tipton also lied to me both directly to my face and several times when questioned on the phone to which he ended by putting the phone down on me, reveals both his cowardice and the fact that he is also a liar.

Any cabinet briefing would have been carried out by this same biased officer whom it seems has both a personal phobia and hatred towards this species that have lived happily there longer than he has.

The response in question 2 unhelpfully does not refer to a public document which can be viewed but a series of payments with redacted information. We can find no payment or mention of PESTEX at the link given, nor the budget for parks and countryside revenue. There is no breakdown of any payments made under the “street scene” spend either – Steve Handley being the director of this department. Indeed this link is just another wild goose chase. They again refer to the briefing but I do not believe that they are disclosing the truth when they claim that no communication other than this exists. What about the tendering process of choosing this company, or are there some relationships or connections to Sandwell council here?

In question 3 we get the blunt truth, and the end to the lies of “relocation”. Why are guidelines always “strict” when it comes to defending murder of wildllife?  What evidence do the council possess that it was strictly carried out, and by what method was it carried out? Were they shot one by one out of sight of the flock, gassed, did they have their necks broken by a group of thugs who rounded them up? This is detail that Sandwell councillors like Crompton wash their delicate little hands of. No doubt they also feed their own animals  without the thought weighing on their minds, then read bedtime stories to their children or grandchildren with pretty pictures of birds and animals – but not the cold reality in these stories of how verbally they gave approval to murder defenceless birds in the real world that could not escape.

Natural England require the applicant for a general licence to explain what type of licence they need to apply for when scrutinised. We doubt if this briefing ever got this far, indeed when questioning Satchwell last year he stated “we don’t need a licence”- this was to relocate them, which proves just how little he knows about the entire process.

“The work was undertaken by the company PESTEX whom are licensed to undertake such work and who informed Natural England of the action taken. The geese were transported by the company in an appropriate trailer and were dispatched to a discreet location”

email received by Natural England

“Thank you for your email, which has been passed to me to respond

We do not grant licences for the relocation of Canada geese and there is a presumption against issuing licences to relocate Canada geese in the foreseeable future. We have not issued a licence in relation to the details you have given.

 Under the Wildlife & Countryside act it would be considered an offence to release Canada geese into the wild, as they are a Schedule 9 species. This means that if they were captured it would then be illegal to then re-release them.

  Let me know if you have any other queries.

  Many thanks,

  Tim Medlicott

Tim Medlicott – Support Adviser

Wildlife Licensing Team

CHANGE OF PLAN, NEXT STOP SANDWELL VALLEY?

Below are pictures received from a Sandwell council officer last year at Forge Mill Lake, West Bromwich -whom I asked to prove to me that the geese had been “relocated” to The Sandwell Valley, as instructed by John Satchwell and PESTEX- AFTER I HAD INTERCEPTED THEIR LITTLE ROUNDUP. SO WERE THEY ROUNDED UP AGAIN AND EXTERMINATED AT THE SANDWELL VALLEY AFTER THEY HAD BEEN RELOCATED AND RELEASED?

GOTCHA

BY

THE BOLLOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PESTEX’S business is one of extermination and it seems not very convincing deception. We would urge anyone who encounters them to ask questions, do not co-operate with them if they try to get you to feed the birds towards them, disrupt their activities and chase any birds they are after into the water and away from their death traps.

This council, Sandwell, are a Labour council in power, which reveals what they would do in power nationally. They are hypocrites, liars and have a perversion for keeping things in the family and looking after their own cronies, as they themselves grow ever fatter in stature. They also don’t like being caught out, and on this point they have seriously underestimated a master at work. I will be referring a complaint to Natural England as to how Sandwell council broke the law in an attempt to deceive a member of the public who questioned their activities that were never briefed professionally on in the first place.

We regret, and I regret that I was not able to stop PESTEX and Sandwell council this year.

They will not get away with this murder, and it will be made public knowledge about what they have done, with all the personal criticism and scrutiny that they would not want when they tried to hide their actions from public knowledge.

On every count regarding their allegations of Canada geese, we can refute and will refute their bigoted, misinformed and misguided views which are not facts substantiated with any personal experience or scientific evidence. This didn’t get to the cabinet briefing, there was only a one sided lie presented by a bare faced  liar. Like I said John- you were lying and I could tell it in your voice.

 Red the blood of angry men

Two different sites, same feature- a fall of water.

Dartmouth park, West Bromwich- the much promoted “splash pad” which broke down on the first day leaving several blushes no doubt. £150,000 this cost- adding to the other clutter of junk that now crowds the site.

What wonderful crowds they have attracted and what wonderful piles of litter left behind.

Trouble is Sandwell council and Friends of Dartmouth park- what are you going to do when the lottery money runs out? Where will the replacement money come from if something goes wrong- will you be ordering more German equipment that you can’t find the parts for? This council has a history of providing unsustainable gimmick structures that do not pay for themselves.

Rattlechain lagoon “splashpad” for birds

Its been on now for many weeks most of the time, but still no real explanation what for. It is blowing back the “chemically treated water” mist onto the North embankment however and upward towards the canal offsite.

A far cheaper option perhaps, or maybe not – I bet the pier didn’t come cheap.

Call it Karma or premonition but water and biblical events seem to be playing out of late.

At the lagoon some “doves” appeared before the storm clouds gathered.

One of them even carrying a twig whilst displaying- but I feel it may be a little too early.

The gathering storm

At Victoria park Tipton, home of the “relocated” missing Canada geese a “community event” was cancelled due to the deluge of weather.

CANCELLED

Never mind you need to be prepared for all eventualities. I’m starting to build an ark- and first on will be Canada geese. I might send them out to fly and see if they can find some dry land in Sandwell. You never know when these once in a one hundred year flood events may occur.

It seems that it is becoming  impossible for me  to go anywhere without encountering the handy work of some chemical dumping nobheads. It’s one thing about dumping toxic waste that ends up poisoning birds at a site and another to have some idiot dumping containers of dangerous chemicals down some backend alley.

Whilst out and about I happened to come across two yellow large containers. Funny I thought, hadn’t seen those there before earlier in the week. A chance look back saw my eye clock the corrosive symbol, so I turned back to have a look at what the containers contained- or what they may have contained before being dumped.

Imagine my surprise to find that they contained orthophosphoric acid. Both were full and unopened obviously containing a liquid. But how did it get into this location and what fool had dumped it there? At this point I wish to stress that it obviously wasn’t Rhodia/ Solvay as it wasn’t spilt. 

So in the spirit of doing the right thing and reporting it to the environment agency incident hotline, a Freephone number but not on a mobile, and because it was not very far away from a watercourse, I thought they might be interested in getting there to remove it from out of the environment. I should have known better by now based on my experience with this useless quango. They were not interested at all.

“I’ll pass it on to the council, it’s not the sort of thing we deal with.”

SO WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU FUCKING DEAL WITH? If this chemical was spilt would you deal with it then? What if some kid tipped it over themselves, would you deal with it then? If it killed some fish or birds 😥 I know from experience that you certainly wouldn’t then.

Passing it on, passing the buck as usual, and no investigation as to who is dumping this chemical in bulk in the environment- you could not make it up with this agency-they are  useless.

We have certainly benefitted from using  the Freedom of Information Act  to tease out information concerning rattlechain that neither the authorities or Rhodia would have made available publicly.

Drawing out information from many national and local authorities can be tiresome, which is why the act should be championed- especially when unpopular decisions are made, or where it is revealed that actions  were never officially sanctioned in the first place.

I’m talking here about the mysterious “relocation” of Canada geese from Victoria Park Tipton. My official FOI request has a target date of 15th August, but having made other enquiries, it appears that very few people whom you thought would know something about the real fate of these birds either do not know or claim not to know about this clandestine operation.

I have so far established that the Manager of the Sandwell Valley, to where these birds were supposedly “relocated”,  (according to Parks Manager John Satchwell) ,does not know anything about such an operation by the pest control company. Neither does the senior Countryside ranger at Sandwell, The conservation officer at Sandwell (who stated to me that he would not agree with such a cull being undertaken), or many of the rangers and other staff who work in the parks in the borough. One of the main players in The Victoria Park steering group also claims she knew nothing about any proposed cull. You would have thought that some form of chain of communication existed within the council instead of an autocracy- or perhaps not. One has to wonder what “experts” advised Sandwell council about taking such an action- certainly none of the countryside services team it seems.

I have not heard anything back from the parks facilities manager- though there was a similar lack of interest when I suggested and even offered to pay to plant water plants in a couple of the local parks where there was no plant vegetation for wildfowl to eat. This has nothing to do with the Canada  geese, but more likely the result of some overzealous daisy cutter in the past nuking the area with pesticides. BAD MANAGEMENT- BLAME IT ON A WILDLIFE SCAPEGOAT LIKE THE GOOSE.

I have contacted Councillor Maria Crompton, Cabinet member for Highways and Environment and have to date had no reply as to what she either knew or knows about this incident under which her portfolio covers- nor any opinion either. I really hope that she did not approve such a drastic and unnecessary action as murdering healthy birds that were doing no harm.  Ethnic cleansing of wildlife in order to obtain a silly little green flag is about as perverted as it gets.

The PR signs look ominous. A series of articles in the local rag earlier this week about green flags to lay the paving foundations perhaps for what is to come. They all think people are bloody stupid and can’t see their scheming plans of public manipulation through words and pictures. It used to be the case that local rag challenged those in power at Sandwell council- especially over the fiasco surrounding “the public”. Then came the rumoured “if you don’t start printing  good articles about us we’ll start pulling our advertising”. I have a very good source, but of course I will not be revealing it.

Suddenly we had The Public press release stories about “increased visitors at the public” , as the criticism seemed to subside about a gross and utter failure of a council to manage and plan  a project that was so bonkers in the first place it defies belief that anyone with a brain could keep pouring money into it – and so it went on with the pink and purple building then turning into a glorified Darby and Joan club that suddenly the old folk of West Brom had nowhere to go – so much for the freedom of the press….

Mind you there appear to be interesting questions emerging about the links between Sandwell College and Sandwell Council. I remember the Sandwell college campus at Wednesbury disappearing under a rather odd cloud. Someone went on a permanent holiday it seems, and never came back. Then it closed.

Sandwell council is an authority in which there is little scrutiny of decisions made. Of 72 Councillors, 70 are now Labour members, including Councillor Crompton who is a parliamentary aid to Adrian Bailey MP for West Bromwich West- in which Victoria park covers. I have known Adrian Bailey for some time as an MP, and he along with Tom Watson have always been supportive of things that swanwatch have done over the years regarding the rescue and campaigning for wildlife. This includes campaigning against wildlife crime and the persecution of wildlife in general- something to which the last Labour Government did some good in trying to combat and should be proud.

But I am afraid this is where it ends and the issue of “native and non-native” is one that this party needs to address if it gets back into power at the next election.  They cannot do in power at regional level what they claim to oppose in opposition nationally without looking like complete liars and hypocrites.  I will be writing to both these MPS in open letters to be published soon about what appears to have been a cull in Sandwell, a cull of wildlife which Labour would not appear to support according to The Labour Animal Welfare Society, (LAWS). I will be interested to see what their thoughts are.

BUAV-LAWSDoc-Jan14-PRINT

On page 14 of their recently published report they call for:

“End all government backed culls of wildlife

 including badgers.”

I could not agree more with their view, but such a cull of Canada geese  is exactly the same as the current CONDEM Government have backed against badgers- except without any real “evidence” as for why- except in general terms which can be refuted on every point. There can be no excuses, no “argh buts”, a cull is a cull and anything else is bull. The one thing that cheeses people off most about politicians is the hypocrisy and lies within which they operate.

You either support wildlife and its right to exist, or you support a parks manager who appears to instigate his own personal vendetta against what he believes to be “too many” in a site where he has a vested personal interest- including the value of his own property. Was this declared? Back him, and you are revealed to be wildlife champion dissemblers and you will be our enemies forever. If you support “native species” right to exist over “non-native” you are not on the side of diversity. Time to get off the fence and speak out.

WE OPPOSE THE CAGING AND KILLING OF HEALTHY BIRDS, WHATEVER THEIR SPECIES

According to the ERM document that accompanied the cover up works that took place last year at Rattlechain lagoon –  “ERM IMPROVEMENT WORKS” DRAFT JULY 2012. , on page 2 it identifies

“It should be acknowledged that the presence of a body of water on the lagoon over the sediment is an important control in ensuring that any ‘tramp’ phosphorus residues are unable to combust.”

As always with this website, unlike others, it is our intention to get to the truth of the matter concerning the history of this hazardous waste site and what lies beneath it. We therefore decided to track down this most elusive and maligned creature for his views, life goals and intentions. At first he was not willing to talk, trying to hide under a “small amount” of water, sand and an old rug carpet set in “toothpaste”. But over time the trust was won, and after a little persuasion and coaxing, a meet was arranged at the lagoon causeway.

 WORLD EXCLUSIVE

The tramp phosphorus

Q. Tramp phosphorus, how did you arrive at Rattlechain lagoon and how long have you been here?

A. Please, call me William Peter, the year was 1942 I believe and I arrived by boat. A nice gentleman called young Mr William  asked me to mind his fortune which was located here, but that was so many years ago now I forget how long I have been here.

Q. So how have you survived all these years?

A. Well you know you have your ups and downs like the water level, but with a plentiful supply of water I haven’t done too badly really for my age. I don’t need much oxygen anyway to survive, and I’m a right crusty old devil. I put my coat on to stop me from  disappearing. As long as I can have a smoke every now and again I don’t care. I believe the youngsters call it “vaping” nowadays.

Q . With a site like Rattlechain you must have seen some changes surely?

A. Oh indeed, indeed. There used to be just one pool and I had a watershoot down the North embankment to use, but they removed that. Then they built a bridge that we stand on now- but I still got through, even going for a dip in the canal sometimes. Then a load of pesky birds arrived, but I soon got rid of them! Then they built some houses nearby on top of the old sewage works- a foul stench that one, but I put up with the music and the barbeques, and they have to put up with me being here.

Q. So how do you feel about Solvay trying to evict you from the site last year?

A. Oh it’s all poppycock dear boy from the new landlords, flexing their limp ones I suppose. They even tried sucking me off, the dirty blighters, but I vowed never to surrender whatever they did to me. I vowed they would not make “MINCEMEAT” out of me!  

I’m well used to it now; their little schemes, and they have never broken my resolve- even when they used a floating sludge gulper . I used to get shot regularly by  “Mad Mike” when hiding in barrels that his company had dumped. And he even tried to set me on fire the once, but I still managed to survive to tell the tale.

They’ve given up trying now, I’m everywhere and nowhere, sometimes right behind them or under their feet. I’m alive and burning with vivid phosphorescence.

Cleaning up the site “BEHIND YOU!”

They said I could stay if I cleaned up a bit, but I’m going nowhere.. haven’t they heard of “squatters rights?”

“YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”

Q. So would you go as so far as to say that there is a progressive culture of  “Trampophosphobia” emanating from the Trinity Street setup? 

A. Oh most definitely Sir, they don’t like P4 bum guys down ‘The Oxford’.  There is no doubt in my mind that they are “institutionally Wasteist”!  Tramp sesquisulphide down the Gower tip doesn’t get this treatment. (mindyou?). I’m thinking of petitioning the Home Affairs Select Committee and Teresa May to see if they will table a public enquiry into the abuse.

Q. Do you have any tips for next years big race?

A. I believe that Mister Ed may win by some lengths if the going is good to soft…..

It’s funny you should  say that but I meant The General Election, not the Grand National.

Oh well in that case I don’t really care; politicians are so full of hot air which I don’t like! They make me angry, and they wouldn’t like me when I’m angry!

Q. Is there any truth in the rumour that you bare an uncanny resemblance to the Wolverhampton ring-road tramp?

A. Err No… Definitely not. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. I was born in Oldbury down the road… He had a red face and smelt a bit funny, but come to think of it so do I when I get into a rage… in fact you’re starting to bother me now with all your questions, now piss off AND LEAVE ME ALONE……!

With this we quickly left the site as William Peter disappeared beneath the lagoon waters- puffing white smoke and bubbling gas left behind in the wake. We will have to wait to see if he surfaces again, but it looks like he will be around for some time to come. What’s 10,000 years when you’re having fun?

WLBRL?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLG1ys2CGcI&list=RDRLG1ys2CGcI