Protect Cotswold District Council's remaining badgers by investing in badger vaccination projects in the area.
The "pilot culls" of badgers in Gloucestershire in 2013 have led many people to seriously question the humanity, efficiency and cost of this method of "controlling" bTB, especially as it has been condemned by so many leading and reputable scientists.
This petition calls on Cotswold District Council to assist with an alternative strategy which is already working across Wales and in many parts of England.
We, the undersigned, call on Cotswold District Council to give financial support to local badger vaccination projects being undertaken and to financially assist other badger vaccination projects which may be set up in the future.
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March 24, 2014
47 Comments
I spent a lot of my childhood in the Cotswolds. I learnt to love wildlife there, please do not let this unscientific cruel culling continue. Leave nature for future generations to enjoy and learn from. Otherwise they will have nothing.
Vaccination is the way to go, the scientific, humane way to go. Gloucestershire is fast becoming know as the cull zone instead of what we have to offer in beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Who wants the killing fields to become what we are known for
Let Cotswold Council lead the way in adopting a humane approach that might actually work rather than culling - which is at best ineffective and at worst, exacerbates spread of TB by perturbation.
My farther had a dairy farm for 60 years in Gloucestershire,he always said badgers don't give cows bTB,its the other way around! He didn't have bTB on his farm but he put the livestock before the profit.
This is a Bovine disease. Badgers, and other wildlife may also suffer and, like us, can be immunised. The national cattle herd must be immunised urgently. Vaccines and tests are designed and can quickly be employed, providing obstructions from powerful vested interests are removed.
If Stroud can NOT kill (Cull) then I see absolutely no reason for you not to follow suit.
I am shortly to move to the country and would like to think that my local Council is a protector of wildlife. Please consider the alternative strategy and cease this 'shotgun' slaughter on our beautiful land.
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Protect Cotswold District Council's remaining badgers by investing in badger vaccination projects in the area.
The "pilot culls" of badgers in Gloucestershire in 2013 have led many people to seriously question the humanity, efficiency and cost of this method of "controlling" bTB, especially as it has been condemned by so many leading and reputable scientists.
This petition calls on Cotswold District Council to assist with an alternative strategy which is already working across Wales and in many parts of England.
We, the undersigned, call on Cotswold District Council to give financial support to local badger vaccination projects being undertaken and to financially assist other badger vaccination projects which may be set up in the future.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
March 24, 2014
47 Comments
Vaccination is the only alternative. The Cotswolds has a chance to make a real difference by adopting and assisting in these local projects.
I spent a lot of my childhood in the Cotswolds. I learnt to love wildlife there, please do not let this unscientific cruel culling continue. Leave nature for future generations to enjoy and learn from. Otherwise they will have nothing.
Vaccination is the way to go, the scientific, humane way to go. Gloucestershire is fast becoming know as the cull zone instead of what we have to offer in beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Who wants the killing fields to become what we are known for
Let Cotswold Council lead the way in adopting a humane approach that might actually work rather than culling - which is at best ineffective and at worst, exacerbates spread of TB by perturbation.
My farther had a dairy farm for 60 years in Gloucestershire,he always said badgers don't give cows bTB,its the other way around! He didn't have bTB on his farm but he put the livestock before the profit.
This is a Bovine disease. Badgers, and other wildlife may also suffer and, like us, can be immunised. The national cattle herd must be immunised urgently. Vaccines and tests are designed and can quickly be employed, providing obstructions from powerful vested interests are removed.
If Stroud can NOT kill (Cull) then I see absolutely no reason for you not to follow suit.
I am shortly to move to the country and would like to think that my local Council is a protector of wildlife. Please consider the alternative strategy and cease this 'shotgun' slaughter on our beautiful land.
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Vaccination is the only alternative. The Cotswolds has a chance to make a real difference by adopting and assisting in these local projects.