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Cruel slaughter of badgers must stop

THERE is no evidence whatsoever that cattle contract Bovine TB from badgers.

Scientific research indicates that Bovine TB can be reversed by rigid application of cattle-based control measures alone, without killing any badgers.

Professor John Bourne says cattle and poor animal husbandry by the farming industry are as much to blame for Bovine TB. Why has this bloodthirsty Government cancelled five out of six existing vaccinations trails regarding badger and cattle vaccinations?

The Government is also scrapping environmental protection laws by labelling them as red tape. These laws protect our environment. This is just giving the farming business complete control of our countryside.

Let us not forget up to 20,000 badgers are killed by lampers and landowners every year.

To help stop this slaughter, visit networkforanimals.org and sign the petition today. Write or email Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for DEFRA, at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA telling her to stop the slaughter of defenceless badgers.

If the badgers are going to be shot, it is very likely they will not be killed outright, but will instead be left slowly bleeding to death. Stop this now. Future generations will never forgive our cruelty.

D Fillingham, The Crossway, York.

Comments(4)

CHISSY1 says...
4:49pm Fri 18 Nov 11

Have you ever had a farm or worked on one?.

smith63 says...
8:15pm Fri 18 Nov 11

Dear D Fillington, lets get the facts correct. Your first line is contradcited by Prof. John Bourne "The ISG has concluded that, [] badgers contribute significantly to the cattle
disease in some parts of the country". Quoted from a Defra press release. Starting with such a major mistake does little to help your argument.

Ageing Hippy says...
9:49pm Fri 18 Nov 11

Why is it very likely that the badgers will not be killed outright if they are shot?? is this a known fact??

alfie says...
2:12pm Mon 21 Nov 11

smith63 wrote:
Dear D Fillington, lets get the facts correct. Your first line is contradcited by Prof. John Bourne "The ISG has concluded that, [] badgers contribute significantly to the cattle
disease in some parts of the country". Quoted from a Defra press release. Starting with such a major mistake does little to help your argument.
(Contribute) so why dont they sort out the other factors eg. modern factory farming methods.

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