Blobbenstein
November 20th, 2007, 02:53 PM
Sign the petition today before the government makes the decision to proceed with a mass slaughter of one of Britain's most loved mammals.
The RSPCA is shocked at the recommendation put forward by the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir David King, which suggests a cull of badgers in England should be undertaken in order to control bovine TB in cattle.
This advice goes against the conclusions of the Government appointed Independent Scientific Group on cattle TB, published in June, after a 10 year study. Their conclusion was that while badgers are a source of bovine TB in cattle, badger culling can make no meaningful contribution to cattle TB control in Britain. The evidence was that some culling policies could make matters worse rather than better
http://www.backoffbadgers.org.uk/
^^RSPCA petition
The modern farm animal is a hothouse flower, overbred and pumped full o' drugs for maximum meat and milk production using all the latest 'advanced' veterinary techniques. After a lifetime of overstocking, this animal is then trucked around the country for sale and slaughter.
In human beings, TB flourishes amongst physically and psychologically compromised individuals on poor diets and with inadequate housing. This is a fair description of life in cattle sheds and milking parlours. During winter months, cattle are kept in overcrowded, often badly-designed barns, conditions in which infectious disease spreads.
The persistent focus on badgers distracts from the serious health problems faced by intensively managed cattle in Britain. Many other diseases, such as pneumonia, E. coli, coccidiosis (a fatal diarrhoea), salmonella and mastitis, are also increasing in British cattle herds.
Desperate to defend their highly subsidised agri-business practices, farmers turn time and again to blaming the wildlife.
http://www.schnews.co.uk/archive/news610.htm
The RSPCA is shocked at the recommendation put forward by the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir David King, which suggests a cull of badgers in England should be undertaken in order to control bovine TB in cattle.
This advice goes against the conclusions of the Government appointed Independent Scientific Group on cattle TB, published in June, after a 10 year study. Their conclusion was that while badgers are a source of bovine TB in cattle, badger culling can make no meaningful contribution to cattle TB control in Britain. The evidence was that some culling policies could make matters worse rather than better
http://www.backoffbadgers.org.uk/
^^RSPCA petition
The modern farm animal is a hothouse flower, overbred and pumped full o' drugs for maximum meat and milk production using all the latest 'advanced' veterinary techniques. After a lifetime of overstocking, this animal is then trucked around the country for sale and slaughter.
In human beings, TB flourishes amongst physically and psychologically compromised individuals on poor diets and with inadequate housing. This is a fair description of life in cattle sheds and milking parlours. During winter months, cattle are kept in overcrowded, often badly-designed barns, conditions in which infectious disease spreads.
The persistent focus on badgers distracts from the serious health problems faced by intensively managed cattle in Britain. Many other diseases, such as pneumonia, E. coli, coccidiosis (a fatal diarrhoea), salmonella and mastitis, are also increasing in British cattle herds.
Desperate to defend their highly subsidised agri-business practices, farmers turn time and again to blaming the wildlife.
http://www.schnews.co.uk/archive/news610.htm