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Chris Packham’s ‘instinctive’ bird sniffing is not a crime, police say

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Hogger85@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/28/chris-packham-bird-sniffing-no-crime-police-say/

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  • Ruchbah@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    After everything that’s happened the last few years I didn’t think I could be surprised by any headlines any more… but “bird sniffing is not a crime” are a set of words I never expected to see out together in a sentence.

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    • BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I hate that the image makes me want to sniff a bird now. WTF brain.

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      • fluke@snake.substantialplumbing.repair ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There’s, um, a lemmy for this sort of thing out there for you. If you don’t ask, I won’t tell.

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  • Hogger85@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Seems vindictive complaint to police from a local shooter who dislikes Packham

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    • Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Absolutely. He apparently doesn’t like environmentalists and probably blames them for the laws that say he can’t shoot any wildlife he likes.

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  • 31415926535@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have no idea what this is about, but seeing this in my feed made me bust out laughing. I love how random and weird lemmy can be at times.

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  • kboy101222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hey, American here browsing all…

    What the absolute hell is this talking about?

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    • snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Packham is a popular environmentalist and animal lover who has presented loads of fantastic shows over the years. Someone’s made a complaint about him having a sniff of a chick when checking them, but they appear to have had little else to do that day

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      • Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Man the next time I go to the UK I’m going to tell the passport guy that I’m going to sniff the birds and see what he says.

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      • 15liam20@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        He don’t love pandas.

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Haha, you know we wish our national scandals were this benign!

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  • lemonflavoured@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That's an ... unusual headline, to say the least.

    I don't always agree with Chris, but he does get a lot of unneeded shite from the right wingers, so he has my sympathy on that.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hampshire Police has written to the man who complained – an amateur shooting enthusiast who does not want to be named

    Gee I wonder why.

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  • snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    sniffing birds sounds like an 80s night out in swindon

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    • Whiskeyomega@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      oh God. Flashbacks of the Brunel Rooms....

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  • Moodel@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I figure if Packham’s sniffing a bird there’s probably a very good reason for him to be doing so.

    Massive respect for the guy.

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  • medi@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What a headline

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wait, this isn’t !andfinally@feddit.uk !

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