Moonfall

I did not know about the legislation concerning raptors. We cannot seem to get anything right, the political ambitions of goverment and the desire to win votes to keep in power, have been the main reason for hunting legislation since the 70's. The rights of an animal put above the rights of a man. We have seen our traditional ways of life, hunting with dogs, my main point, destroyed. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. I think your reasoning about the cull probably not coming into force is well thought out. But their is certainly an overwhelming argument that the badger numbe

A legal certainty!! When you 'outlaw' hunting, 'outlaws' go hunting!

I might be misinformed, their has been a lot of varying reports about the proposed badger cull, but I was under the impression it had been passed.It might not be true. But assuming it was, the following points are what the cull will be made up of in these early trials. The two pilot areas for the cull, are probably the two most heavily populated ones, Devon and Gloucester. The farmer would be given the legal right to shoot the badgers in the proposal. Though if the act has been passed, I can envisage 'authorised persons' being designated to do it. A good point to raise Dances. But as to an