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53 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

But he'd be better than the average Jo at Latin tree nomenclature....  :lol:

 

And....  It'd be hellish funny at lunch break...  Poached quails eggs sprinkled with Almas caviar on melba toast followed by paternoster chop and spotted dick for pud!  3 ½ hours to consume with an extensive wine list, Port wine and a brandy in a high backed club chair before a kip! 

Sounds like Bolams average working day!

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It's not so 'black and white' as to simply be about the badgers though Mull me ol' mucker....
 
It has more to do with the pernicious lobbying effect of the NFU (which, by the greatest of irony refers to itself as a 'union' - for farmers), the sitting government's subservience to the landed gentry - who continue to reap rich rewards from the subsidy policies that, surprise, the NFU so vociferously defend, the blatantly obvious scientific evidence which (a) pretty much discounts the relevance of badgers in comparison to intensive farming, muck spreading, transportation and sale of cattle and again, surprise, the running of fox hounds over contaminated land as the main causal effects of the growth and spread of bTB, and (b) the ignorance of the 'actual' workers of the land so long as they continue to receive the crumbs from the table, which all adds up to show that, rather than there being anything particularly 'great' about badgers (other than the marvel of God's great creation), but rather that the whole rationale for the badger cull represents much of what is sick, corrupt and misguided about government subservience to external lobbying influence....
 
But apart from that, and if you discount the negative impact upon nesting birds and hedgehogs - which could be mitigated by the re-introduction of higher predators which have been removed by the senseless over predation, largely for sporting pleasure or the 'protection' of farmed herds, then perhaps the ever decreasing circles of mankind's exploitation of the natural environment might just be recognised as the source of the problem rather than the solution....
 
Loike....


What a load of bluster mr Johnson, there is a direct link of the spread of TB to cattle from badgers, but don’t let that get in the way of ‘animal rights’ and a hatred of farmers, some of whom are over subsidised without doubt, but you’re tarring all with same brush, I won’t change your mind I know, I just hope, in your future you enjoy your badger ribeye steak and a wee dash of badger milk in your tea.?‍♂️
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3 minutes ago, Mull said:

What a load of bluster mr Johnson, there is a direct link of the spread of TB to cattle from badgers

 

To be fair, he never said there wasn't, just that it wasn't relevant when compared with the various practices he mentioned.  I think the scientific evidence supports this, or at least that sporadic culling of badgers is almost completely ineffectual.  (Not my field, I'm just basing this on what I can recall hearing on Farming Today over the years).   

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To be fair, he never said there wasn't, just that it wasn't relevant when compared with the various practices he mentioned.  I think the scientific evidence supports this, or at least that sporadic culling of badgers is almost completely ineffectual.  (Not my field, I'm just basing this on what I can recall hearing on Farming Today over the years).   



Oh well, if you think the scientific evidence supports it (whichever scientific evidence that was), that’s fine then[emoji106]
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4 minutes ago, Mull said:

 


What a load of bluster mr Johnson, there is a direct link of the spread of TB to cattle from badgers, but don’t let that get in the way of ‘animal rights’ and a hatred of farmers, some of whom are over subsidised without doubt, but you’re tarring all with same brush, I won’t change your mind I know, I just hope, in your future you enjoy your badger ribeye steak and a wee dash of badger milk in your tea.?‍♂️

 

Would that be the link that exists between badgers that have no higher predator (through no fault of their own) and the profit driven choice of intensive farmers to cram as many cattle as is inhumanely and inappropriately possible into confined areas creating the logistical issues of slurry management coupled with the creation of an environment which actively encourages disease multiplication whilst pursuing ‘sporting’ activities which further exacerbate the ‘problem’ which is being blame shifted onto a creature so as to satisfy the blood lust of the greedy?

 

The ‘link’ you speak of I would not dispute, the cause however, I’d suggest is about as far from the target as it’s possible to be.....

 

 

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