Roast Chickens Turn Up the Heat on Official Regulator, Crashing Government Website
2nd October 2024
A new law forcing the British owners of one or more chickens (and pigeons and birds of prey) to register each bird individually has met with resistance.
Not everyone thinks the government should be counting their chickens (even after they’ve hatched). It was reported on X, formerly Twitter, that enough scamps have successfully registered their store-bought roast chickens to crash the government website.
While the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) enjoys some support for its anti-bird flu measures, poultry owners are concerned about the excessive bureaucracy the new system now involves (and no doubt also concerned about the threat of fines and even imprisonment for non-compliance).