The Southern Tasmanian Poultry Club will be conduct­ing a Poultry Amnesty Day as a service for the Brighton community from 10am till midday on Saturday 13 April at the poultry pavilion at the Brighton Showgrounds at Pontville.

The public are invited to surrender any unwanted or excess poultry to prevent them ending up in the local environment. All poultry varieties will be accepted including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quail, guinea fowl etc, and while the service is free, any donations to the club to help cover costs would be greatly appreciated.

Surrendered birds will be assessed by club members and healthy birds will be avail­able for sale. All unsold birds at the end of the day will be rehomed by the club. It would be appreciated if anyone with large numbers of birds could contact the club beforehand on 0409 179824.

The club will also be holding its Bantam Show at its Pont­ville pavilion on 11 May and its Annual Show on 8 June with large numbers of entries expected again this year.