Dan Belton ( No Badger Cull ) In Memoriam
Winterlong
We had some good badger news at last yesterday with the postponement of the two pilot culls till after the winter, thanks ever so much to everyone who've signed the various petitions and been supportive : ) As things stand though it isn't really a victory, simply a stay of execution. Hopefully though in the coming months we can keep the issue in the papers and media and make an even stronger case for calling off a cull completely. Although in truth the evidence against the efficacy of a cull is completely overwhelming to any sane person with any shred of human decency and who has bothered to read all the sound science that says a cull won't work ! Most of us don't have to keep wealthy landowners onside because they're bankrolling a political party either !
It would be nice to think that ' people power ' has caused the postponement of the cull but in reality it's because they are ( thankfully, for now ) a disorganised rabble who were nowhere near ready to carry out these proposed culls. They remain hellbent on carrying it out next year though, in fact the discovery that there are considerably more badgers living in the areas than was thought means that even more badgers will be slaughtered if it goes ahead next year.
It shouldn't be forgotten either that many ' people ' have considered all this to be a greenlight to slaughter badgers illegally, I suspect that badger crime that was already sky high will only get worse after the ' government's ' statement. A statement that is of course riddled with innacuracies and half-truths as we've come to expect from these gormless morons, the latest release from the Badger Trust highlights this.
The Badger Trust is still the best place to find solid scientific FACTS about badgers, anyone can download and read their statements on the website.....
www.badger.org.uk/Content/Home.asp
You can still sign the petition too.....
epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38257
' Winterlong ' by Neil Young.....
Winterlong
We had some good badger news at last yesterday with the postponement of the two pilot culls till after the winter, thanks ever so much to everyone who've signed the various petitions and been supportive : ) As things stand though it isn't really a victory, simply a stay of execution. Hopefully though in the coming months we can keep the issue in the papers and media and make an even stronger case for calling off a cull completely. Although in truth the evidence against the efficacy of a cull is completely overwhelming to any sane person with any shred of human decency and who has bothered to read all the sound science that says a cull won't work ! Most of us don't have to keep wealthy landowners onside because they're bankrolling a political party either !
It would be nice to think that ' people power ' has caused the postponement of the cull but in reality it's because they are ( thankfully, for now ) a disorganised rabble who were nowhere near ready to carry out these proposed culls. They remain hellbent on carrying it out next year though, in fact the discovery that there are considerably more badgers living in the areas than was thought means that even more badgers will be slaughtered if it goes ahead next year.
It shouldn't be forgotten either that many ' people ' have considered all this to be a greenlight to slaughter badgers illegally, I suspect that badger crime that was already sky high will only get worse after the ' government's ' statement. A statement that is of course riddled with innacuracies and half-truths as we've come to expect from these gormless morons, the latest release from the Badger Trust highlights this.
The Badger Trust is still the best place to find solid scientific FACTS about badgers, anyone can download and read their statements on the website.....
www.badger.org.uk/Content/Home.asp
You can still sign the petition too.....
epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38257
' Winterlong ' by Neil Young.....