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Catching the sods is hard enough but what happens when they get caught? A slap on the wrists. I reckon the UK ought to follow Spain's lead in these matters.

 

You cause a fire that damages anything that isn't yours, you pay the total cost. And that includes reinstatement of land, waterways, highways, services, wildlife; and the replacement of stock, vehicles, buildings; and the total cost of putting the fire out. If you can't cover the costs or plead poverty, then it's the clink for you. After the Spanish introduced these laws & penalties, the instances of wild fires and 'accidental' fires decreased by approx. 85%.

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I think its disgusting the amount of fires we have had over the past few weeks totally senseless so much habitat lost and wildlife injured :(

 

I used to see a lot in the 70s in South Wales where the FC were trying to establish plantations, I assumed it was a reaction from sheep keepers wanting to maintain grazing.

 

Maintaining grazing by winter burning off heather was a management tool here in the SE that has been abandoned, this results in heavier stands of heather and gorse which coupled with dead grass drying out in the spring make a much higher fuel load, hence the fires runaway.

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