Brighton And Hove City Tree Huging Council,

really seem to have lost the plot, so many of us put up notices on trees when a loved pet goes missing, well after losing two of his prized paintings, Anton Cataldo decided to make a direct appeal to the public, the 28-year-old artist, who specialises in pet portraits, made posters of his missing paintings and pinned them to half a dozen trees in his local park, no problem there I would have thought, but - wait for it! the only message he received was from a council official who sent him an e-mail saying, 'Some of these posters had been stapled to trees, You appear to have little understanding that trees are living things, wounding the bark of a tree in any way can lead to attack by airborne fungal spores which, in the worst-case scenario, could lead to the loss of the tree.' the email said the council had been made aware of the artist's decision to search for his lost property, this is the same council that said, 'The city council will, on occasions, permit residents or charities to attach posters to its property in cases, for example, where pets go missing or to raise funds, but, as I have said, not for the purpose of trying to locate lost property.' so when the council gives permission no harm is done? trees are only damaged when permission is not given? how totally pathetic, the good news is that in a moment of clarity the council, has cancelled the fine, a council spokesman said: 'This was probably a case of an officer who was a little bit over-zealous.'