Originally from: Joyce
                        
Received today "New Rules on Disposal of Fallen Stock from 1 May 2003 complete with card to fill in and return to say whether you are interested in joining a subscription scheme.
At the moment we in this area have a derogation to continue to bury, but I'm sure that will change in the near future.
For a smallholding the subscription is proposed at £50 a year, otherwise disposal charges as follows:
£90 per cow, £15 per sheep, £12.50 per pig and wait for it....£0.65 per chicken!!!!!!!
I am just so angry, as our animals go down in value, so some jumped up agency wants yet more money from us. Money for living, money for dying. Well I have filled in my card...written in anger and maybe not too well worded....will anyone join me in expressing their feelings?

"Any fallen livestock on this croft will be recycled naturally – not added to the pollution of this planet by unnecessary transport [use of fuel] or rendering [more misuse of fuel].
How you can call yourselves 'Dept of the environment' I do not know – more like 'damage to environment'!!!!
Signed/numbered.....one extremely angry 'stakeholder'. "