Will you sign this petition to stop the culling of our Badgers.

[ladybirder]

I have just watched Brian May talking about Team Badger on BBC1 and he is asking for people to sign it. All the information is here.
http://www.teambadger.org/
Thank you.

[ladybirder]

If you read the links Mike you will see it isn't necessary to cull these animals.

Thanks Mrs C and Filbert. X

[mrs.chappie]

Husband has just signed it too.

I did wonder if it would allow us both to do so, being at the same address, but it did.

[ladybirder]

Ooh jolly good Mrs C. I've emailed it to all likeminded friends in the hope they'll do the same. X

[mrs.chappie]

Let's hope so, LB. x

[abstibus]

Done.

[seadogg]

Thanks ladybirder for the chance to sign. Easy enough to do but you brought it to our attention

[FredPuli43]

Whatever happened to TT milk? Cows are still TT, tuberculin tested, among other tests (e.g.they get Johne's disease, implicated in Crohn's disease in humans ) but nobody bothers to advertise the fact. So the milk is safe, no danger to humans, but bovine TB is a horror for individual producers who can't sell their milk or move the herd, lest it infects others It's hard enough to turn a profit on milk as it is. The number of cows infected is small, in context, but that's small consolation.

Still don't think culling badgers is the answer, though. I have signed the petition.

[beejay1124]

done

[seadogg]

Anybody who would like another go can help the petition of 38degrees

www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/badgers-petition

[gness]

Thanks Ladybirder. Signed. Spent a wonderful evening recently on a badger watch. I also work for a children's UK charity BT. Refusing to help protect British wildlife will do naff all to help reduce or eliminate poverty.
Do badgers need culling? Of course not.

[JonnyBoy12]

I would advise walking round with your eyes open in future, mike1111. Most people I know have seen a badger as they are all over Great Britain.

Sorry for being so dull but have now signed the petition.

[DTCwordfan]

No - not yet as there are two sides to this story (and I live in a rural community).

all the other associated threads. I would not advocate a cull quite yet.......though a vaccine for badgers may be imminent, how does one know that 70% of the population has been covered (though the argument holds the same validity).....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGxHttSb_IQ

[DTCwordfan]

the counter-argument holds the same validity - sorry...

[tamborine]

ok, only coz I havent seen a wild badger round here

[gness]

No we don't see too many do we? Yet we are prepared to kill them on very poor evidence re. Bovine TB.
A cull won't work. Sad to think my grandchildren won't have the pleasure of a night time badger watch if this goes ahead.

[tamborine]

surely they can be vaccinated. Labour killed cattle due to foot & mouth, when european cattle were vaccinated. Our vets are too quick to cull.

[gness]

They can be vaccinated. Probably more expensive and less fun for the gun happy.

[tamborine]

Defra could give landowners pellet vaccines to put into badger setts. Am not having guns here

[magicmick]

mm done

[nungate]

Happy to sign.