Badgers

[Lyncombe-climber]

I'm pro cull. Spent many years as a free lance farmer, shepherd and tractor driver. The fact the cull had worked in 9 other countries. Keeping the numbers down will REDUCE the risk. Not ELIMINATE. I have certification in bio security in agrucultural and the movement of animals for the food chain. It's my opinion. That's all.

[nepia]

There is no doubt in my mind that bTB in a herd is horrendous, emotionally crippling and financially disastrous for the farmer.

 

Can be but not always. I have a rellie who dairy farms outside Tiverton. He has two active setts within 200 yards of the house that he knows of and yes, he has bTB in a big way and has had for years.

Financially it's been hugely disadvantageous but not crippling; he's still in business but has learned to manage the situation. Bull calves get kept for many months longer than desirable but they always go in the end.

As far as the badgers go he's sanguine: he's happy for a cull but doesn't expect any good to come of it. He certainly doesn't want each and every black n white varmint shot on site; in fact he's never done anything to harm one as he sees the need for farmers to work in, around and with nature, not despite it.

A steward of the countryside perhaps?

 

 

Jon

[csservices]

To be honest the cull is probably killing as many badgers as are killed each night on the roads but you don't hear the RSPCA campaigning to stop us driving on the rounds in the countryside at night. The RSPCA is becoming too political nowadays, no wonder they don't have any money for their shelters when they pursue spurious legal actions which cost them thousands of pounds in legal bills per day.

 

Agreed the RSPCA is purely a money making organisation now with little or no interest in animal welfare, theres plenty of evidence of how they have ignored serious animal welfare issues because they would not give them enough publicity to fill thier coffers and line the pockets of thier cheif exec, the evidence of culling of wildlife resevoirs i.e badgers and deer being effective in couintries that have carried it out including Australia shows that it works as a method of controlling TB, as side effect it will also help conservation as the badger population has been protected since the 1950's it has steadily increased, at the same time numbers of hedgehogs and some ground nesting birds that are prey to badgers have steadily decreased, but then controlling one species to conserve another has never sat well with the bunny huggers

[Matthew Storrs]

Why not introduce a worldwide 1 child only policy- that might be the greatest conservation of all!

[felixthelogchopper]

Why not introduce a worldwide 1 child only policy- that might be the greatest conservation of all!

 

Are you insane, man?!?! Why should we adjust our lifestyle when we can crap all over all the other life on the planet? Next thing you will be saying that cutting down the rain forest is wrong,

[delabodge]

cattle =money.......badgers = loss of money,,,,simple answer kill em!!! shame,but with the crap thats going on in syria,,,,,doesnt suprise me,,,,he did it(assad)=bomb him,(whoops maybe he didnt)....

have been badger watching for yrs,,shame on the narrow minded gits,,,,,,they wont vacinate,,,because,,,,,,,ahh yes,,that costs money.....

[wisecobandit]

cattle =money.......badgers = loss of money,,,,simple answer kill em!!! shame,but with the crap thats going on in syria,,,,,doesnt suprise me,,,,he did it(assad)=bomb him,(whoops maybe he didnt)....

have been badger watching for yrs,,shame on the narrow minded gits,,,,,,they wont vacinate,,,because,,,,,,,ahh yes,,that costs money.....

 

Cost money? and culling doesn't? They tried vaccination here in devon 3-4 years ago and it didn't work.

Cost the government a damn site more forking out 70% value of each cow/bullock that gets slaughtered that proves a positive tb test wouldn't you say?

[delabodge]

you`ll be suprised how many people all ready kill badgers, and now this is a licence for any idiot with a gun to have a free for all,,,,there is no easy answer as I see it,,, and as others have all ready said,,,its different if it effects your livelyhood,,,,my local chicken man thinks its ok not too fence his chickens in,but far more exceptable to shoot the fox? put a pint in front of me and I`m going to drink it,etc,,,

[wisecobandit]

you`ll be suprised how many people all ready kill badgers, and now this is a licence for any idiot with a gun to have a free for all,,,,there is no easy answer as I see it,,, and as others have all ready said,,,its different if it effects your livelyhood,,,,my local chicken man thinks its ok not too fence his chickens in,but far more exceptable to shoot the fox? put a pint in front of me and I`m going to drink it,etc,,,

 

Not anyone with a gun can go out and shoot a badger, legally anyway.

 

I shot 130 foxes last year and don't see any harm in that, if someone/something is taking your livelihood away you do something about it.

[delabodge]

Not anyone with a gun can go out and shoot a badger, legally anyway.

 

I shot 130 foxes last year and don't see any harm in that, if someone/something is taking your livelihood away you do something about it.

 

certain vermin have effected mylife in the past,,but you and I know I cant shoot them!!!!