I’m delighted that it looks as if the e-petition to end the Badger cull will pass 100,000 signatures this weekend and probably today. Hooray!
There are three weeks to go, but at current rate of signing it will be very soon.
Well done to Simon King and the Wildlife Trusts (or at least some of them) for pushing this e-petition over the line. I do know how hard that is!
If you haven’t signed then please do so now!
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And again, if selecting “View on a Map” option from the petition page, we can see that it isn’t “those ‘orrible townies wot know nowt of our c
ountry waaaaaays, oooh-aaaar” who are calling for an end to this. As with the BDGS petition it is the rural seats leading the way on this, and the townies lagging behind. Although if anybody knows someone in Kilmarnock and Loudoun, if you could kick them up the arse until they sign, I’d appreciate it. Always letting the damn side down.I notice the hotspot for signatures are the seats which have either already suffered the cull or are slated to get it next who are the most represented. Perhaps that is something that people in favor of it should be confronted with. As a nation we seem to relish getting to suffer sellers remorse and buyers regret instead of trying to avoid them in the first place.
Great
Stop the stupidity now.
One point is that on Countryfile it was stated(so assume it must be correct)that something like 16 years ago New Zealand had many times more BTB than UK and now UK has many more times the BTB than New Zealand.
However much the fact that N Z has culled lots of obviously infected wildlife to achieve this and as disturbing as that may be it does show that in their case it has worked.
I am not in favour of present type of cull but we do need to keep a open mind on how to clear this disease up as simply culling cattle and all the controls on cattle farms alone will not clear it up.
Simply saying more controls on cattle farms without explaining possible ways of improving them is not acceptable.Before criticising cattle farm controls those critics should study those controls and come up with suggestions.
Of course it needs bearing in mind some very clever vets have put in place all controls on cattle that they see that should work.
Lets not think hardly anyone is stupid enough to try and find a way round the controls and seriously risk bringing BTB onto their farm.
The after effects of getting BTB infection on the farm such as say a dairy farm selling say 150 calves each year not being able to sell any except for slaughter making them almost worthless until getting clear of BTB makes breaking the rules very very unlikely even if it was possible.
It is much easier by far to break speed limits in vehicles and use mobile phones while driving than breaking the strict BTB rules even though those laws seem acceptable to break by many users.