A practice of clipping a birds flight feathers every year (after re-growth) did not amount to maiming, since that finding would require a finding as to the future intentions which was speculation and could not be justified.
Citations:
Times 02-Oct-1998
Statutes:
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 5(1)(d)
Animals
Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.81436