Gran faces fine if she feeds birds

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HARD-HEARTED officials have banned a woman from feeding birds – in her own back garden.

Grandmother Ann Bell, 59, has left scraps of bread on her bird table every morning for the last 40 years.

But environmental health chiefs at Gloucester City Council claim her titbits are attracting rats and causing a public safety hazard.

She has been ordered to stop or be dragged into court to face enforcement action – and a possible £20,000 fine.

But grandmother-of-three Ann has branded the decision a disgrace, and says the area has always had a rat problem because of the railway line which runs behind her property.

She said: “What is the world coming to if you can’t feed the birds in your own back garden – it’s like living in a dictatorship.”

Ann, a retired factory worker, lives in the Tuffley area of Gloucester with husband Dennis, 61, a computer draftsman.

A Gloucester City Council spokesman said: “We responded to the issue after receiving complaints from neighbours.”

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[Shinobi]

Absolute bully's! :angry021:

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Quote:We responded to the issue after receiving complaints from neighbours

theres your root of the problem.

[kevlar]

yes it is like living in a dictatorship, because it is a dictatorship.

20 years ago the neighbours would have complained to the lady themselves.
15 years ago the neighbours would have complained to the council and they would have done nothing
5 years ago the neighbours would have complained to the council and they would have gone around and spoke with her about it.
today the neighbours complain and they threaten with a £20 000 fine over feeding the bloody birds.