Quote Originally Posted by John1982 View Post
I'm sure some of the royals sold in pet shops in the UK were at least started on live prey. From my limited understanding, the whole "it's illegal" standpoint folks take stems from their interpretation of the animal welfare act. Yes, protecting the animal from unnecessary pain and suffering is one of the "needs" listed under the act. Equally listed is the need for a suitable diet. If the snake doesn't feed on f/t, how long do you wait before you're breaking the law by withholding food that it would gladly accept? My personal interpretation(if I were living in the UK) would be that as soon as the animal started to look noticeably thinner, it would be time for live or assist. But then, can you even assist feed in the UK if you haven't attempted live food first? It seems that assisting would be causing unnecessary "suffering", again open to interpretation, if you hadn't at least attempted live first.. Folks need to remember that this law wasn't set to only protect the "prey", the "predator" is also subject. It's one big grey area and, to my knowledge, nobody has been successfully prosecuted for feeding live prey.


https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/contents
That's a good link, cheers. I'm out anyway, this redshepherd person is getting too much in their feelings

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