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Somerset Hunt Saboteur Group

This is worth doing if you have 5 mins today. ... See MoreSee Less

Not that badger killers care about sticking to guidelines and best practice but they are not supposed to be setting traps in severe weather conditions...we think Ophelia qualifies. Please can everyone email BTB@naturalengland.org.uk to ask them if they are going to insist the cull operatives comply and what steps they are taking to ensure they do.

1 day ago ·

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It's almost the end of Week 5 here in the Somerset #badgercull zone. As we head into Week 6 our resilience, determination and friendship (coffee & cake) carries us through each day and night. What we have seen for ourselves and shared with each other across the zones has been shocking this year, even by Defra's standards. Our pop-up patrols have been a successful use of resources this year, especially with the help and local knowledge from within the local community. It's still not too late to get in touch and join one of our day/night patrols, protesting peacefully against this unscientific, inhumane and ineffective badger cull. ko-fi.com/somersetatbc

3 days ago ·

People that haven't been out with our patrols sometimes ask why we give up our days and nights, night after night. Well, THIS IS WHY. ... See MoreSee Less

Dead badgers found in Wiltshire. As one of the dead is a cub from this year, it’s highly likely that this is a family of badgers that have been drawn into a field using peanuts at bait points, then shot with a high powered rifle. The photograph was taken at 6pm, meaning that they had been lying there all day. The government and the NFU tell us that cattle farmers have to kill badgers to contain a disease, yet every day across the cull zones we see blatant breaches of basic bio security. Please write to your MP as a matter of urgency and ask why are badgers being killed when bTB hasn’t lowered in any of the cull zones and why is the cull not being properly monitored for humaneness or bio security? We do need help in the fields, if you live in or near Wiltshire drop us a PM if you can help, if you live further afield please contact: badgeractionnetwork.org.uk/contact/ We can stop ugly scenes like this from occurring, but we can only do that with your help.

3 days ago ·

Join Somerset Badger Patrol as they stand up for badgers, conservation and science TONIGHT in Sampford Arundel, Wellington.
Meet at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. ... See MoreSee Less

There will be another 'Hi-Viz' pop-up patrol leaving tonight from Beambridge, Sampford Arundel, Wellington, TA21 0HB. There is off-road parking near The Beambridge Hotel, where some of us will be meeting earlier for a hot drink! Meet in Car Park at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. We will be walking on footpaths to legally protest against the badger cull. We hope you can join us.

4 days ago ·

Disclosure of the cull zones would equip the public to make informed judgments about their safety and that of their pets and about whether the shooting and trapping of badgers in their own backyard is legal or not.

They could then engage in legitimate protest about the systematic killing of our native wildlife – in short, ensuring licence holders and the government can be held to account.

The information commissioner has ruled the data should be freely available but, conveniently, much of the detail rests with the organisations licensed to kill badgers, the “control companies”, to which freedom of information obligations do not apply.

Most of us will only find out that they live within a killing zone by hearing the sound of gunfire. ... See MoreSee Less

5 days ago ·

Into week 5 and we are still keeping up our patrols of the three cull zones. Please get in touch if you would like to join us. Or you could always buy us a cup of coffee 🙂 ko-fi.com/somersetatbc ... See MoreSee Less

Last night's Pop-Up Patrol 'popped-up' on the footpaths around Chilton Trinity. A stones throw from where some of us went to school the sound of gunshots have been heard. So, as the sun went down we headed out to peacefully protest against the unscientific, ineffective and inhumane badger cull. We will keep walking in the badger cull zones until the killing stops. It is a great shame that the farming community has been sold a lie, given a carrot when it is clear that culling badgers will make no meaningful difference to bTB. Cattle-cattle transmission is, by far, responsible for most transmission of bTB.

1 week ago ·