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Badger culls aren’t just controversial, they’re unlawful

19 November 2018 Badger 0

Badger culls aren’t just controversial, they’re unlawful Anna Dale The government launched its badger control policy, claiming that it would be science-led, but, even so, […]

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Due to Boris Johnson's hurried, somewhat furtive visit to Somerset yesterday to shore up support in the Wells Constituency (a less-than-safe seat for the Tories) we thought it worth looking at the political parties through the lens of the badger cull.

Remember it was the Conservative party manifesto in 2010 that included 'revisiting' the badger cull option after the incontestable scientific evidence published in June 2007 that showed culling badgers wasn't worth pursuing.

Once the party had included it in their manifesto and got into power as a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, both parties set about pushing through this ill-conceived promise. The NFU fanned the flames and soon there was no way that, without upsetting their core base of wealthy and not-so-wealthy landowners, that there wouldn't be a badger cull. In Somerset, MPs in safe and not-so-safe Conservative seats applauded the decision to start exterminating a native species with no hard evidence that it was the 'right' thing to do.

Now, mounting evidence shows that culling badgers isn't reducing cases of bTB. Instead, as experts feared, it has opened the gates to increased badger persecution and huge numbers of badgers killed across Britain. It is a divisive policy among communities and hits some families hard splitting them down the middle. And as increasing numbers of consumers turn away from meat and dairy products for a variety of reasons, it will continue to be so.

Although manifestos have not been published yet, we know that the Conservatives and the Brexit Party would still support the policy in a gung-ho way and, as Boris might say 'let's just crack on'. Labour and the Green Party are clear that it will stop the badger cull and listen to science, reason and morality. It is unclear what the Liberal Democrats position is but their history with the badger cull doesn't lend us any hope - yet.

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Boris was in Taunton earlier today. A visit to Glastonbury had to be cancelled....in Glastonbury!! one of the most peaceful and spiritual places in the UK.

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SOMERSET VISIT: Boris Johnson pulls out of bakery visit on police advice

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BORIS Johnson abandoned plans to drop into a bakery during his visit to Somerset this morning due to a protest at the venue.

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Come and find us for a chat today at the Clevedon Vegan Fair. We’ve got lots of lovely badgery gifts and the new xmas cards for sale on our stall. AND get a hug with Percy too! ... See MoreSee Less

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Somerset Against The Badger Cull created a poll.

There are whispers that The Wildlife Trusts want to remove the badger from their logo.
If this was true and a rebrand (which would be extremely expensive) is on the cards, do you think this would be a positive move for the Trusts? Has the badger and the cull become too political? ... See MoreSee Less

There are whispers that The Wildlife Trusts want to remove the badger from their logo. If this was true and a rebrand (which would be extremely expensive) is on the cards, do you think this would be a positive move for the Trusts? Has the badger and the cull become too political?

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Making sure members of Somerset Wildlife Trust don’t forget about badgers ahead of their AGM today in Bridgwater.

Despite the freezing rain a dedicated group of badger protectors met with Percy at the McMillan Theatre in Bridgwater to ask the members of the Somerset Wildlife Trust to put the badger cull as one of the action points on the agenda of the AGM. The banner read ‘You forgot about the badgers yet again’ to remind them year on year the Wildlife Trust have been asked to do more to stand up for badgers against the governments decision to roll out the cull to even more areas of the country.

Conversations were passionate with delegates as they arrived to remind them that badger protectors are people who care for all wildlife and also have an ear for the difficulties that farmers face and the corner farmers are being forced into with the NFU.

The Chair of Somerset Wildlife Trust, Graeme Mitchell stepped out into the rain and assured the group that the badger cull is on their wider agenda and a meeting will be set to meet members of Somerset Against the Badger Cull in the not too distant future.

Percy was very happy with this news and despite having his wettest outing this year vows to pop up at other events to make his presence felt and remind everyone about the thousands of badgers that are being killed.

The decision to cull is not founded on good science as too many parameters are changed for accurate conclusions to be made and is thus inhumane, unethical, ineffective and unscientific.

Percy will be voting in the forthcoming elections for a party which will stop the cull and advises all people who care to do the same. So do ask candidates their position and keep the subject a voting issue. ... See MoreSee Less

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