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[higgins 75]

This is the first bit of news i've heard about farmers being given the go ahead to control badgers

for fear of TB infecting their cattle.Anyone else heard this or know of the details?

Higgins.

[DottyDoo 500]

dont get ye mate, ye saying they been given the go ahead to cull them???

 

 

cannae see it happening meself

[higgins 75]

dont get ye mate, ye saying they been given the go ahead to cull them???

 

 

cannae see it happening meself

Not sure what they'll be allowed to do,only just caught a bit of it on BBC news,they are being allowed to control them(whatever that entails and what methods i don't know)maybe it's being debated at the minute,

Higgins.

[DottyDoo 500]

any control is better than nowt mate, they are a fecking nuisance in my area, an loads of other places

[higgins 75]

any control is better than nowt mate, they are a fecking nuisance in my area, an loads of other places

Do a search on google it's true,farmers are being given licences to cull them as part of a widespread cull on badgers,TB is getting out of hand and too many infected cattle,

Higgins.

Edited September 14, 2010 by higgins

[DottyDoo 500]

what ye type in google mate???

[stealthy1 3,964]

what ye type in google mate???

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10199015

[DottyDoo 500]

[Rey27 83]

Good news for a change

 

Rey

[events co-ordinator 353]

If you check the date on that article the 1st june the high court has since stopped the badger cull from going ahead

[antsa 40]

Defra could allow badger cull to control bovine TBhttp://www.meatinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/11430 Farmers could be allowed to cull badgers under new legislation to control bovine TB in cattle, Defra ministers have announced. Defra has launched a consultation on proposals which could see licences issued to farmers and landowners who wish to cull or vaccinate badgers at their own expense. Farming minister Jim Paice said: “Bovine TB is having a devastating effect on many farm businesses and families, especially in the West and South West of England. Last year 25,000 cattle were slaughtered because of the disease, and it cost the taxpayer over £63 million in England alone. “We can’t go on like this. It’s clear that the current approach has failed to stop the spread of this terrible disease. We need to take urgent action to halt its spread. “No single measure will be enough to tackle the disease on its own. But the science is clear: there is no doubt that badgers are a significant reservoir for the disease and without taking action to control the disease in them, it will continue to spread. No country in the world has eradicated bovine TB without dealing with the reservoir in wildlife. That’s why I’m today launching a consultation on how we can tackle the disease in badgers.†“A decision on our approach will be taken following the consultation. I intend to publish a comprehensive and balanced bovine TB eradication programme early in 2011.†The consultation proposes issuing licences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 to enable farmers and landowners to cull badgers, at their own expense. Under the government’s new proposal, they will be able to use vaccination either on its own or in combination with culling. However, culling will only be allowed in areas where there is a high incidence of bovine TB in cattle. Paice added that vaccination alone would not reduce the disease as quickly as culling, but used in conjunction, he said it would maximise the effectiveness of badger control in reducing bovine TB in cattle. The move is likely to provoke anger among animal campaigners, however Paice said culling will have to be carried out in a humane and animal welfare friendly way, with only either cage trapping and shooting or the shooting of free-running badgers allowed. >> Hilary Benn dismisses calls for bovine TB Cull >> Bovine TB testing scheme a success

[Waz 4,293]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8003490/Farmers-to-get-the-all-clear-to-cull-badgers.html

[events co-ordinator 353]

I stand corrected its good news in a way but it will allow antis to pressurise individual farmers the way they did with the huntingdon life scientists its about time these people were treated as the terrorists they are