Signatures: 2,119
Goal: 10,000
Deadline: 1-16-2003

Badger culling is to be resumed now that Foot & Mouth is eradicated from our countryside.

Teams from DEFRA (formerly MAFF) are targeting areas and obliging farmers and small holders to complete forms so that they can tell if there are Badger sets on their land. Enabling them to gas the Badgers.

It has never been proven that Badgers spread TB to cattle. The most likely culprit is the Hedgehog, as they will drink milk from an overfull udder if the cow is laying down at rest.

Badgers do not do this. They travel around fields, following hedgerows, within their territory, and keep away from cattle as much as possible.

Badgers present no danger to the farming community and should be allowed to exist!

Please help save our Badgers by completing this Petition.

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Number	Date	Prefix	Name	Country	Comments:
2,121	5:39 am PST, Dec 28	Mrs.	Pearl Millard	United Kingdom
2,120	12:25 pm PST, Dec 6	Mr.	David Nisbet	United Kingdom
2,119	10:40 am PDT, Oct 30		Emma Seaman	United Kingdom
2,118	10:42 am PDT, Sep 11	Mrs.	Trina Hogge	United States
2,117	12:01 pm PDT, Sep 1	Mrs.	Linda Beal	United Kingdom
2,116	3:06 am PDT, Aug 15	Mrs.	Sarka baran	United Kingdom
2,115	1:26 pm PDT, Aug 13		susie holman	United Kingdom
2,114	2:29 pm PDT, Jul 30		greta malkotzoglou	Greece
2,113	8:20 am PDT, Apr 26	Mrs.	Lynn Lie	Indonesia
2,112	3:35 pm PDT, Apr 13	Ms.	joyce billen	United Kingdom	i live in a small village which is surounded by badgers.in one area the badgers live back to back with a very large dairy farm, where there is no signs of tb. the farm is the maesllwch farm
2,111	4:26 am PDT, Apr 9	Ms.	Veronique Pires	Canada
2,110	9:55 pm PDT, Apr 8	Mr.	Esteban Rocha	Colombia
2,109	8:54 pm PDT, Apr 8	Ms.	Sarah Panullo	United States
2,108	5:47 pm PDT, Apr 8		Helen Forsythe	United Kingdom	Unnecessary and ineffective - badgers are a protected species - STOP THE KILLING.
2,107	5:01 pm PDT, Apr 8	Ms.	Lorraine Kay	United Kingdom	There is no evidence to say that badgers are dangerous, this is rediculous and it's cruel to kill them!!
2,106	4:30 pm PDT, Apr 8	Mr.	Chance Mcmaster	Canada	Gassing Badger is just sick shame on humans
2,105	11:21 am PDT, Apr 6	Ms.	Laurel Watson	United States
2,104	6:45 am PST, Feb 13		Rick Eaglestone	United Kingdom
2,103	5:49 pm PST, Feb 10		Christine Taylor	United States
2,102	7:02 am PST, Feb 4		Anna Stanley	United Kingdom	This cruel and COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY practise must stop.
2,101	8:35 pm PST, Jan 18		Clay Lovett	United States	Why kills animals under the guise of stopping disease if you in fact have no idea it really does that?
2,100	8:29 pm PST, Jan 18	Ms.	Christine Matthias	United States
2,099	8:27 pm PST, Jan 18	Mr.	Anonymous	United States
2,098	8:08 am PST, Jan 18		krishna m	India
2,097	4:34 pm PST, Jan 2	Mr.	Anonymous	United Kingdom	Until it is clearly proven that badgers spread TB they must be a protected.
2,096	6:40 am PST, Jan 2	Mr.	Anonymous	France	A civilized society is not cruel to animals and tries to preserve wildlife for future generations.
2,095	10:29 am PST, Dec 30	Ms.	Victoria Mary Stong / Animal Rights Activist	United States	SAVE THE BADGERS FROM CRUEL AND SADISTIC PEOPLE!
2,094	2:54 am PST, Dec 4	Mr.	Howard Senter	United Kingdom	Do you have to use and American petitioning structure?
2,093	1:52 am PST, Nov 14	Mrs.	Anonymous	United Kingdom
2,092	11:47 am PST, Nov 13	Mrs.	Janet Highstead	United Kingdom	We are trying to controll too much of our lives and Nature and it is all going to backfire. Leave nature alone.
2,090	6:17 am PST, Nov 4	Ms.	Amy Lazell	United Kingdom
2,088	7:21 pm PDT, Oct 28	Mrs.	hazel webber	United Kingdom	Killing badgers is NOT the answer!
2,087	7:48 am PDT, Oct 24	Ms.	Corinne Henderson	United Kingdom	Please don't let this cull happen, it will be unbearable.
2,086	3:34 am PDT, Oct 23	Mrs.	Georgie Edmondson	United Kingdom
2,085	9:16 pm PDT, Oct 18		Scarlett Philibosian	United States	Many 'solutions' to agricultural problems focus on the eradication of native animals that in fact do not directly cause the perceived problem. They are 'easy' targets and their removal often does not solve the problem at all. Further, disruption of populations of native animals, especially a mesocarnivore such as a badger, will lead to numerous other environmental ramificiations. Instead, parliament should focus on funding research to determine the real culprit(s) causing the problem, and then focus on mitigation efforts that are ethical to all animals involved.
2,084	2:47 pm PDT, Jul 14		Melanie Leighton	United Kingdom
2,083	5:35 am PDT, Jun 22		Glo ria	United Kingdom	Cows have the TB virus in them when they are born. They are also vaccinated against this. It is pointless and cruel to kill badgers as they have always lived on the land and not caused any harm to anyone. Barbaric treatment should be made accountable to local authorities and central government also!
2,082	12:11 pm PDT, Jun 18		Anonymous	United Kingdom	Previous trials have shown that culling badgers actually does harm
2,081	2:04 am PDT, Jun 10		Cynthia Spencer	Netherlands
2,080	11:57 pm PDT, Jun 9		Marion Hitzenhammer	Austria
2,079	9:25 pm PDT, Jun 9		sherielle cleere	United States
2,078	8:01 pm PDT, Jun 9	Mrs.	Eva Hoerler	United States	Please save the badgers!!Thank you!!
2,077	12:57 pm PDT, Jun 9	Ms.	Heather Powell	United States
2,076	12:22 pm PDT, Jun 9		Tamara Blanton	United States
2,075	11:23 am PDT, Jun 9	Ms.	kristen walasky	United States
2,074	10:49 am PDT, Jun 9		Kim Sixty Three	United States
2,073	8:19 am PDT, Jun 9		Anja Geens	Belgium
2,072	8:54 pm PDT, Jun 4		Maria Watkins	United States
2,071	8:46 am PDT, Jun 1		Sandra Klotzbach	United States
2,070	9:23 pm PDT, May 29		James Hall	United States	leave innocent creatures alone, please!!
2,069	3:02 pm PDT, May 28	Mrs.	UsdiGadu Sequichie-Kerchee	United States	It makes me sick to hear one answer to any perceived animal problem: Killing. The Final Solution, eh? This truly upsets the balance of nature, yes, and killing is NEVER an answer, period.
2,068	11:44 pm PDT, May 27	Ms.	Glenda Stunz	United States	Badgers do not do this. They travel around fields, following hedgerows, within their territory, and keep away from cattle as much as possible.
2,067	3:35 pm PDT, May 27		Brandy Ramos	United States
2,066	5:51 am PDT, May 24		Debra Gibson	United States	There has to be another solution to the "problem" of co-existance between farmers and badgers ~ flat out killing is not the answer. All that will do is once again throw off the balance of nature.
2,065	3:34 am PDT, May 24	Mrs.	Betty Unterbrink	United States	conservation is the key to survival. Eradication is done out of pure stupidity.
2,064	5:56 pm PDT, May 23		Miki Ivey	United States
2,063	4:11 pm PDT, May 23		CariAnne Slotterback	United States
2,062	6:11 am PDT, May 23		Chris Stanton	United States
2,061	8:06 pm PDT, May 22		Janet Davis	United States
2,060	8:46 am PDT, May 22	Mr.	Chad Halsey	United States
2,059	7:43 am PDT, May 22		Scott C-Krebbs	United States
2,058	2:09 am PDT, May 22		Kat Southgate	United Kingdom
2,057	12:07 am PDT, May 22		Amy Clifton	United States
2,056	10:52 pm PDT, May 21		Ron Goodman	United States
2,055	3:57 pm PDT, May 21		Joseph Johnson	United States
2,054	1:41 pm PDT, May 21		Sande Waybill	Australia
2,053	2:31 pm PDT, May 20		M Ferrara	United States
2,052	1:03 pm PDT, May 20		Leah Powers	Canada
2,051	10:59 am PDT, May 20		Kelsey Barosay	United States

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Stop Badger Gassing in the UK

We, the undersigned, respectfully insist that the cull on Badgers which is to be resumed now that Foot & Mouth is eradicated from our countryside be stopped!

We beg you to not send DEFRA (formerly MAFF) teams to target areas in the rural community for Badger gassing. Such an action is both inhumane and unnecessary.

It has never been proved that Badgers spread TB to cattle. The most likely culprit is the Hedgehog, as they will drink milk from an overfull udder if the cow is laying down at rest. Badgers do not do this. They travel around fields, following hedgerows, within their territory, and keep away from cattle as much as possible.

Badgers present no danger to farm animals, or the farming community. There is no need for us to senselessly kill these creatures. Respect life, respect nature. Do not gas our Badger populations!
Please help save our Badgers by completing this Petition.

Thank you.

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