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William Shakespeare once described London as " a city of Red Kites and Crows". He also wrote: 'When the Kite builds, look to lesser linen', referring to their reputation (well founded or otherwise) of pinching drying smalls. So to paraphrase the Bard: "Methinks your trollies may be at risk".

Hi Felix,
I'm afraid I couldn't care less what Shakespeare wrote! Black Kites throughout the world are still scavenging in cities today but you will not see a Red Kite scavenge but may fly over the fringes of a town but seldom seem anywhere near a city. In the London of Shakespearean times there may well have been Red Kites because there was a fair amount of open countryside which is vastly different to nowadays. But the Black Kite would have even then been the predominant scavenging bird.
If you take for gospel what Shakespeare wrote in my own words you're off your trolley.
JB.

...back on topic.

The second time today I have quoted section 4 of the Theft Act.

(4) Wild creatures, tamed or untamed, shall be regarded as property; but a person cannot steal a wild creature not tamed nor ordinarily kept in captivity, or the carcase of any such creature, unless either it has been reduced into possession by or on behalf of another person and possession of it has not since been lost or abandoned, or another person is in course of reducing it into possession.

Care to translate that into English for us, Alan?

The lawyers were onto a good thing when they invented legalese. It ensured that the rest of us had to pay them good money to find out what we ought to have been able to understand anyway if it had been written in good straightforward English.

in particular to Pheasant, the car which hit it can not claim it as it is classed as poaching, the car behind can claim it.
2 car tandem was often played by my father and Uncle in the backroads of Herefordshire and Worcestershire as a child.

I've hit rabbit accidentally. They seem to run into the path of cars rather than stay put. I passed on after hitting one once, thought better of it , and we had it for tea the next night.