Petition the Board of the Malvern Hills Conservators

Please help save the badgers

I have visited the Malvern Hills frequently. It is one of the most beautiful areas in the country. I ask that you leave this magnificent area to nature as it should be and allow the wildlife that lives there to live without threat. Please do not allow the cruel and unnecessary culling of badgers to foul this special place.

Stop killing these beautiful creatures

A 'blow on the Malvern Hills' has been my favourite and regular walk since childhood. When my friend from France comes to England, he chooses to lodge in Malvern because of the hills. Please don't allow a cull in this AONB.

This is a cruel, utterly stupid, pointless exercise. Confused survivor badgers, deeply distressed, will wander off into other areas; badgers from outside will move in. It was proposed to kill (that's 'cull' spelt correctly) 70% of the badger population - but nobody knows what that population is, only that many die on the roads. Whatever Owen Paterson may be fit to be associated with, it sure isn't the environment.

I think the destruction of our native wildlife (badgers) is barbaric and fully support the idea of vaccination as a more humane and effective control of the spread of bovine tb as with a cull it is possible every badger killed is tb free while everyone left could be infected. Culling is never going to provide a solution and the eradication of badgers from our country is a monstrous thought to awful to countenance.

This awful cull results from science being ignored in favour of ignorant self-interest!

STOP the cull of BADGERS and STOP BLAMING THE BADGERS for causing TB in cattle.

This barbaric butchery must end now....!!!

Mankind is surely bound towards compassion for the souls of all living beings, not to the ignorance and brutality we are being driven back towards today.

" HANDS OFF OUR BADGERS".A wise quote from Hampshire County Council.Please keep this part of England safe for Badgers. I love the Malvern Hills.

MOST VETS KNOW THAT IF YOU REMOVE BADGERS FROM AN AREA MORE WILL MOVE IN SPREADING WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS. BETTER HUSBANDRY IS THE ANSWER.

There is no scientific evidence to support culling of badgers.

Where exactly is the link between bovine TB and badgers? This cull is wrong, wrong, wrong and must be stopped!

Messing with nature has never worked but messing with nature with out usinga brain or any proper plan is plain childish and mental....

I have visited the Malvern Hills many times for its natural beauty and wildlife. Please do not allow the culling of wild animals in this area.

I have visited the Malvern Hills. The culling of badgers in an area contaminates the image of a place.It creates an image of secret cruelty disrespect for the wildlife and stupidity of those who manage the area. This makes me want to stay away.

Vaccination is the most logical way. Extermination is wrong. How many beautiful badgers have been shot & crawled away to die in agony? Do the humane thing, vaccinate badgers. It is not their fault, the problem lies in the soil and only good farm husbandry will keep it under control. I used to live near Malvern but now reside in disease free badger country. Long may they live!

The pilot culls in Somerset and Gloucester were totally unsuccessful. Vaccination of badgers, then cattle, has got to be the way forward. Why chose an inhumane way to treat our wildlife when there is a humane way to go forward.

We need to encourage more walkers in the Malvern Hills, those will be walkers from all over the world, they would not wish to visit an areas where the local wildlife is slaughtered. If you wish this area to be attractive to all, you must ensure that the wildlife is protected. I, for one, would not revisit if this were to be allowed. I am a walker.