Badger Cull Petition League Table

Posted: August 19th, 2011 | Author: | 1 Comment »

THERE are now at least 27 online petitions against government plans for a badger cull to combat bovine tuberculosis. Read the rest of this entry »

Wanted: Team of farming ‘myth-busters’

Posted: August 17th, 2011 | Author: | 2 Comments »

BRITISH agriculture urgently needs a “rapid rebuttal” team to counter anti-farming messages pedalled by activists. Read the rest of this entry »

Cull decision ‘best for farmers’

Posted: July 25th, 2011 | Author: | Comments Off

LONG-AWAITED government plans for a badger cull to combat bovine tuberculosis are the best farmers battling against the disease could have expected.

A statutory nine-week consultation is now all that stands between livestock producers and a badger cull expected to start next summer in two undisclosed pilot areas of south-west England. Read the rest of this entry »

Forests, circus animals and badger culls

Posted: May 14th, 2011 | Author: | Comments Off

EVERY time the government seems about to announce a badger cull, something crops up to make it less likely.

First it was the fiasco that saw the government abandon plans to sell off England’s publicly-owned forests. Now it is confusion about a ban on circus animals. Read the rest of this entry »

Election setback for badger cull plan

Posted: May 6th, 2011 | Author: | Comments Off

PROSPECTS for a badger cull to combat bovine tuberculosis in Wales could be left hanging by a thread following the Welsh Assembly elections. Read the rest of this entry »