Sporran Police in Scotland

[Kid Cossack]

Dooh!

Just one more and then I'll stop


If they outlaw sporrans, then only outlaws will have sporrans!

I've always liked this variant:

When they outlaw sporrans . . . then I'll be an outlaw.

[auld argonian]

...and flies too? The world has gone mad...and that's coming from a guy who's a conservationist albeit one who understands the concept of hunting and harvesting a certain percentage of some species.

Pre-existing sporrans should be "grandfathered" in, shouldn't they? I mean, it's not like an antique sporran of the type that Hamish describes is much of a threat to current wildlife...

Daughter and I were laughing while at the fabric store yesterday...the faux fur that they're stocking looked very real and the purse findings were on a rack righ next to them...they had that Victorian design snapping purse closure right there and we were holding it up to the faux fur and conjecturing as to how convincing a sporran we could knock out using the two components. I suppose we'd need a faux certificate for those though...

.....sheeesh!

Best

AA

[McClef]

How they expect everybody to have paperwork proving it was "killed lawfully" in the past 13 years I have no idea.

Nor how one goes about obtaining such a licence and whether or not visitors as opposed to residents need one.

Are the sporran police going to descend on every establishment in Scotland that makes or sells sporrans to check that all stock meets the legislation before it is sold?

And where do the animals have to have been lawfully killed? If they were lawfully killed in Canada for example would that count?

Retrospective legislation is simply stupid and unfair.

[Oatmeal Savage]

I wonder if you will be required to have a metal disc, with the license number stamped on it, attached to your critter?

I am getting this info from today's newspaper, apparently the legislation is already been passed.It does say that anyone who has acquired any part of these animals in the last 13 years must apply for a licence to keep it.

I will have to check up further on this legislation as this is the first time I have come across it. I'll get back when I have futher info.

I know it sounds farcical but to people living in Europe we are getting use to absurd laws passed by the European Parliament.

[Mr. MacDougall]

How odd to think that deer are a protected species. In parts of North America, they're considered vermin!

[Woodsheal]

How odd to think that deer are a protected species. In parts of North America, they're considered vermin!

Vermin? You mean venison...!

Deer aren't "protected" in N. America, but they are "controlled" species, i.e., they can only be harvested during set seasons. However, there are no restrictions on the "by products" that I'm aware of, such as hides, antlers, etc. Too bad we don't see more N. American deerhide, elkhide, and moosehide sporrans available....

[Mr. MacDougall]

Too bad we don't see more N. American deerhide, elkhide, and moosehide sporrans available....

Try Craigie: http://www.sporrans.com/

[Nick]

And what are they going to do with all those sporrans they confiscate by people who can't prove the credentials of their sporran? Hang them on the walls of Edinburgh Castle as a warning to others?

[GlassMan]

Vermin? You mean venison...!

Deer aren't "protected" in N. America, but they are "controlled" species, i.e., they can only be harvested during set seasons. However, there are no restrictions on the "by products" that I'm aware of, such as hides, antlers, etc. Too bad we don't see more N. American deerhide, elkhide, and moosehide sporrans available....

I don't know, the last time I tried to wear my full mask moose sporran I threw my back out.

It might be a good idea to ban those.

[NewKilt]

I don't know, the last time I tried to wear my full mask moose sporran I threw my back out.

It might be a good idea to ban those.

Glassman,

Another one to avoid is the full mask woolly mammoth sporran (very rare). You have to wear a 500 lb counter weight on the back of your kilt belt, and when walking you keep tripping over the trunk. Plus when you turn to talk to someone you can run them through with the tusks.

Darrell