Well-known British barrister Jolyon Maugham tweeted this morning (on @JolyonMaugham), in an apparent attempt at humour, about having battered to death a fox that was trapped in a wire fence in his garden (he keeps chickens apparently, which is obviously also relevant to this story). His tweet read:
"Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat. How's your Boxing Day going?"
Within minutes of him posting the tweet, Twitter lit up with a mixture of requests for clarification and outrage. In an attempt to justify his actions (and his tweet), Maugham said it was probably what the RSPCA (the England/Wales charity which protects animals) would have done had he called them.
But it's certainly NOT what the RSPCA (nor any vet) would have done in the circumstances. And on the face of it, it appears that Maugham broke the law.
So there's a double level of astonishment here: firstly that Maugham - one of the most high-profile legal figures in the country - should have judged that his actions in beating the fox to death were appropriate and legal, and secondly that he judged that his actions were worth of documenting in a jocular tweet.
The RSPCA has already said that it's launched an investigation.
"Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat. How's your Boxing Day going?"
Within minutes of him posting the tweet, Twitter lit up with a mixture of requests for clarification and outrage. In an attempt to justify his actions (and his tweet), Maugham said it was probably what the RSPCA (the England/Wales charity which protects animals) would have done had he called them.
But it's certainly NOT what the RSPCA (nor any vet) would have done in the circumstances. And on the face of it, it appears that Maugham broke the law.
So there's a double level of astonishment here: firstly that Maugham - one of the most high-profile legal figures in the country - should have judged that his actions in beating the fox to death were appropriate and legal, and secondly that he judged that his actions were worth of documenting in a jocular tweet.
The RSPCA has already said that it's launched an investigation.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/2PYuHqI
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