The Westminster government seems to have forgotten that it says that its aim is to eradicate bTB in cattle (which it is miles away from doing, and hardly seems a plausible aim by following the current loosely termed ‘strategy’) and is now fixated on eradicating badgers from large areas of England. Whereas the government announcement…
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Last chance to support Cornwall Badger Project vaccination fundraiser
This crowdfunder closes at 20:05 this evening and I reckon its owners will be feeling a little despondent by the response so far. It seems an excellent and positive project which ought to be supported by those who like Badgers and that includes the farming community, I would have hoped. I’ve topped up my personal…
French get sniffy about glue
Ah, the EU – remember the EU? All EU member states are breaking EU laws on some environmental issue. But there is vastly more coherence to pretty good standards within the disparate countries from Finland to Portugal and from Ireland to Romania than in the absence of the EU. Just watch what happens in the…
Cornwall Badger Project vaccination crowdfunder
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This looks like a good project to me, so I have supported it on their crowdfunder – click here.
Updates and news
The National Trust is making up to 1,200 staff redundant as part of £100m/yr savings plans Nidderdale Cocktail of bendiocarb, chloralose, isofenphos and carbofuran kills dog. Same local cocktail responsible for raptor deaths. Insp Matt Hagen, from North Yorkshire Police, said: “The fact we have seen this same combination of chemicals, the ‘Nidderdale cocktail‘ as…
Where to see Gyrs in Scotland
If you were driving southeast from Forres in Morayshire in this general area you should keep your eyes open for these… Yes, the Gyr Falcons are flying in rural Moray again this year, although not, it seems, in as great numbers as last year or the year before. Last year, and I assume this year,…
A second Badger challenge
Tom Langton is a Badger expert and seasoned campaigner. His crowdfunder to challenge DEFRA on plans to extend the Badger cull deserves support – and I’ve put a few quid of my own in that direction.
News from Iceland
The sole Fin whaling company in Iceland, Hvalur ehf, has bought half the shares in one of Iceland’s largest waste disposal and recycling companies (Íslenska Gamafelagið). What’s that all about? Diversification? And it was reported yesterday that three shareholders of Hvalur hf are suing the company in order for it (the company) to redeem their…
Shooting Badgers (3)
The information on Badger culls in the 2014 IEP report were collected by observers. These are people who go out with shooters and watch and record what happens. Now it seems fanciful to me to imagine that shooters behave in exactly the same way when they know someone is monitoring what happens as they do…
Shooting Badgers (2)
The National Farmers’ Union has a petition about food standards: I want the food I eat to be produced to world leading standards. Our Government should ensure that all food eaten in the UK – whether in our homes, schools, hospitals, restaurants or from shops – is produced in a way that matches the high standards…