Someone literally had a #monkey on their back - #driver failed #drugs test and #nicked for #DUI , passenger nicked on suspicion of keeping a #primate without a #licence (which isn't even /that/ heard to get but you need to prove to the Council and DEFRA you can look after your exotic #pet
The monkey is going to be rehabilitated at a #wildlife rescue centre...
@vfrmedia Ah, yes, the council.
When we rewrote our council's constitution I thought I'd spotted a bug - that responsibility for licensing zoos was with the wrong portfolio or directorate or something.
"Tell you what," said the lawyer who'd written the draft, "how's about we leave the wording as is, and worry about it next time the council gets an application for a zoo licence?"
A very practical lawyer taking a perfectly reasonable risk-based approach. The council has never had an application to license a zoo. I don't recall any mention of exotic pets either.
There are a couple of zoos in South Cambs, but I guess if the Cambridge and South Cambs unitary authority proposal (boo hiss) goes ahead there'll be a whole new constitution anyway.
I prefer the status quo (well, perhaps minus the Mayor and Combined Authority).
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And I object because
- "district councillor" and "county councillor" are each plenty big enough jobs for one person; expecting the same person to do both guarantees that neither will be done well
- centralizing (albeit only slightly) powers that the existing district and city council have amply demonstrated that they can exercise effectively is a clear (albeit slight) violation of the principle of subsidiarity
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