Against all scientific evidence the Welsh Assembly are planning to go ahead with a badger cull to prevent the spread of bTB in cattle. A ten year study has proven beyond doubt that culling badgers is costly and ineffective. Even the Welsh Assembly have concluded that this expensive and destructive process will only reduce the overall rate by 9% at best. The English Government, after looking at all the evidence, have decided against culling and instead are putting money into a programme of vaccination for badgers which is due to trial in 2010. The Welsh assembly however, have taken no notice of the vast amount of evidence which clearly outlines the futility of culling as a method of controlling bTB. Instead they are prepared to throw good money after bad and repeat the mistakes of the past. This approach will cause great distress among the badger population and affect other local wildlife detrimentally, and serve very little purpose.
Badgers are a protected species throughout the UK and permission needs to be sought to provide licences for culling. The Welsh Assembly have opened a consultation document and will make a final decision on July 30th.
You can contribute to that process by sending a NO culling message to the address below. This is REALLY IMPORTANT as someone will send back a response message to each individual, so high impact!
bovinetb@wales.gsi.gov.uk
If you would like to see the consultation document in full click here.
PLEASE, sign this petition and if you can pass it on. There are only a few days left now before the close of the consultation process. It would be great to hit the target of 500 signatures by then.
Thank you for your time and concern.
Against all scientific evidence the Welsh Assembly are planning to go ahead with a badger cull to prevent the spread of bTB in cattle. A ten year study has proven beyond doubt that culling badgers is costly and ineffective. Even the Welsh Assembly have concluded that this expensive and destructive process will only reduce the overall rate by 9% at best. The English Government, after looking at all the evidence, have decided against culling and instead are putting money into a programme of vaccination for badgers which is due to trial in 2010. The Welsh assembly however, have taken no notice of the vast amount of evidence which clearly outlines the futility of culling as a method of controlling bTB. Instead they are prepared to throw good money after bad and repeat the mistakes of the past. This approach will cause great distress among the badger population and affect other local wildlife detrimentally, and serve very little purpose.
Badgers are a protected species throughout the UK and permission needs to be sought to provide licences for culling. The Welsh Assembly have opened a consultation document and will make a final decision on July 30th.
You can contribute to that process by sending a NO culling message to the address below. This is REALLY IMPORTANT as someone will send back a response message to each individual, so high impact!
bovinetb@wales.gsi.gov.uk
If you would like to see the consultation document in full click here.
PLEASE, sign this petition and if you can pass it on. There are only a few days left now before the close of the consultation process. It would be great to hit the target of 500 signatures by then.
Thank you for your time and concern.
We the undersigned protest against the use of non-selective badger culling as a method of controlling bTB in Wales. Scientific evidence has proven that this is not a sustainable and cost effective method of TB control. We urge the Welsh Assembly to use other methods such as selective culling of only infected animals and vaccination. This has to be the long term solution as successfully vaccinated badgers will not cause increases in TB due to perturbation. It's time to try something new.
We signed the "Stop badger culling in Wales U.K." petition!
# 328:
11:09 am PDT, Jul 28,Jan Perkins, United Kingdom
It has never ever been established that there is a connection between Badgers and bovine TB, perhaps this is a time to stop killing/culling for the sake of it. This is barbaric treatment of a beautiful animal.
# 327:
2:53 pm PDT, Jul 26,Leigh Bennett, Georgia
# 326:
2:12 am PDT, Jul 26,Rajshree Boyragee, Mauritius
# 325:
12:36 pm PDT, Jul 25,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 324:
10:26 am PDT, Jul 25,Mathew Wallace PhD, United Kingdom
# 323:
6:36 am PDT, Jul 25,Sylwia Podgórska, Poland
# 322:
12:43 am PDT, Jul 24,Kris Soendergaard, Denmark
# 321:
12:42 am PDT, Jul 24,Karina Soerensen, Denmark
# 320:
12:34 pm PDT, Jul 23,SERGE VANTALON, France
# 319:
2:12 am PDT, Jul 23,Carina Eriksson, Sweden
Please stop the culling of badgers in Wales!! Invest in the alternative programme of vaccination for badgers instead.
# 318:
4:57 pm PDT, Jul 22,Maria Ponce, Kansas
# 317:
12:36 pm PDT, Jul 22,Georgina Chiarelli, Uruguay
# 316:
1:03 am PDT, Jul 22,Kat Davies, United Kingdom
# 315:
6:01 am PDT, Jul 21,Robert Halse, Australia
# 314:
6:49 pm PDT, Jul 20,Joan E Loza Mobry, Wisconsin
"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Don't Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will!!!"
3:21 pm PDT, Jul 20,Stephen Mills, United Kingdom
CULLING IS A RETROGRADE STEP!
It has been proved that culling Badgers is ineffective, expensive, and detrimental to the natural balance of wildlife, already under pressure from intensive Farming methods.
# 311:
2:00 pm PDT, Jul 20,Michele Bucci, New Jersey
# 310:
8:09 am PDT, Jul 20,Philip Rogers, United Kingdom
Having written to the Minister and receiving a less than adequate, stock reply I am signing this petition. Any cullof badgers is totally unnecassary, ineffective and a waste of public time and money. It is simply a sop to the farming community from a minister with a hidden agenda i.e. to curry favour with a section of the electorate from whom she relies on for political support. Sheer and blind dogma from someone who should listen to her betters and understand the futility of a scheme wich is completely unworkable. Miss one badger and the effort is a waste of time.
# 309:
3:44 am PDT, Jul 20,Joan Tisdale, United Kingdom
Our wildlife always suffers ...... the farming industry needs to improve their animal husbandry... but that would cost money the easy option as always is to destroy.
