In my contributions to the Parish Pump I always try to keep you informed about what is going on in the parish in an impartial and objective way. So I was disappointed to be personally criticised for my reporting of what I have written about Sean Ellis moving his Wolf Centre to the parish. For those of you who do not have access to the internet and were not at the meeting...
At very short notice the Parish Council invited Shaun Ellis to an informal question and answer session so the community could find out what is going on. I was very pleased that, even in just a few days, word-of-mouth and the internet attracted so many people that it was standing room only.
On the internet I reported "There seemed to be about the same number of people
who welcomed the Wolf Centre as were hostile. Shaun Ellis said that the
Wolf Centre has 7 mature wolves, all
raised in captivity. The wolf enclosure will be kept about 40m from the
road and buildings are being soundproofed. The noise should be less
annoying than the nearby dog kennels. Livestock and horses will not be
disturbed. His daughter rides her horse by the wolves OK. They will have
a small number of visitors (about 6 at a time) who will stay in local
B&B. They have never had a wolf escape and they advise
internationally as containment is their speciality. – Neighbours were
concerned about the noise and risk of wolves, also a previous mobile
home on the site burned out as the fire brigade did not have adequate
water pressure when they attended."
My personal opinion is that wild animals should be free in the wild, but if Shaun Ellis keeps to the rules he is welcome as a member of the community.
The next big thing happening in the parish, is trying to run Millennium House through an organisation at arm's length from the parish council. I think this is a good idea and that both the parish and Millennium House will be run better.
Don’t forget the parish website st-ive-parishcouncil.gov.uk with
council meeting agendas and minutes; also downloadable copies of the Parish
Pump. For those of you who do Facebook, our St Ive Parish Council page is still
being updated with parish news.
Phone me, email me on martin.corney@btinternet.com
or "martin corney blog st ive" in search engines will find my blogs
for you to comment on.
