Protect South Somerset's remaining badgers by investing in badger vaccination projects in the District Council area.
The "pilot culls" of badgers in Somerset 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 South Somerset 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 South Somerset 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
January 20, 2014
The council remains silent regarding our requests for a meeting about these vaccination alternatives. It feels like an uphill climb lately but I am still spending my evenings sending emails to keep this issue right in front of them.
January 20, 2014
Seeing the momentum grow honestly keeps me going when the days feel long and the path forward looks cluttered. We have a way to go but this shows that people are finally starting to listen to the science rather than the noise.
35 Comments
Wales has shown a near-50% reduction in new TB cases in the last 5 years with stringent cattle controls; there has been no killing of badgers. This must surely be the right way to proceed.
All the scientific based evidence gathered over a number of years show culling is not an affective means of controlling bTB, in fact some evidence shows it increases. Surely as a highly educated nation which manufactures and exports highly sophisticated products, we should be basing our actions on scientific evidence, not emotional reactions. Follow the Welsh governments example and vaccinate.
Vaccinate all your Badgers please. They have spent money making it so for pity sake use it for what it was intended. Totally possible to take Badgers out of the bTB circle if you give it the chance it deserves & Badgers deserve. The flooding will take it's toll on numbers, you need to please protect our Badgers now not exterminate even more. Thank you.
The science is clear. Killing wildlife to control or eradicate bovine Tb in cattle will not work. Badger vaccination along with improved cattle testing, movement controls and bio-security is the only cost effective, humane and sustainable solution until the cattle vaccination is approved for use.
We expect South Somerset District Council to recognise the futility of culling badgers and the serious harm it is doing to local communities. As representatives of these communities the council can support farming and wildlife by vaccinating badgers on council owned and controlled land.
Please don't allow badgers to be killed when there is no good scientific evidence to suggest that this will reduce bovine TB. Vaccination allows us to keep out wildlife and stop TB. It is essential that diversity and wildlife are not sacrificed in the name of monoculture farming. It will be the downfall of us all.
Vaccination & improved biosecurity are the way to deal with BTB - not cruel and ineffective culling.
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Protect South Somerset's remaining badgers by investing in badger vaccination projects in the District Council area.
The "pilot culls" of badgers in Somerset 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 South Somerset 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 South Somerset 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
January 20, 2014
The council remains silent regarding our requests for a meeting about these vaccination alternatives. It feels like an uphill climb lately but I am still spending my evenings sending emails to keep this issue right in front of them.
January 20, 2014
Seeing the momentum grow honestly keeps me going when the days feel long and the path forward looks cluttered. We have a way to go but this shows that people are finally starting to listen to the science rather than the noise.
35 Comments
It is my firm belief if West Country farmers kept their cattle in better more sanitary conditions as for e.g. they do in Germany, the incidence of Tb would drop considerably. Badger culling is a nonsensical ante-deluvian quick-fix with no proven scientific value
Wales has shown a near-50% reduction in new TB cases in the last 5 years with stringent cattle controls; there has been no killing of badgers. This must surely be the right way to proceed.
All the scientific based evidence gathered over a number of years show culling is not an affective means of controlling bTB, in fact some evidence shows it increases. Surely as a highly educated nation which manufactures and exports highly sophisticated products, we should be basing our actions on scientific evidence, not emotional reactions. Follow the Welsh governments example and vaccinate.
Vaccinate all your Badgers please. They have spent money making it so for pity sake use it for what it was intended. Totally possible to take Badgers out of the bTB circle if you give it the chance it deserves & Badgers deserve. The flooding will take it's toll on numbers, you need to please protect our Badgers now not exterminate even more. Thank you.
The science is clear. Killing wildlife to control or eradicate bovine Tb in cattle will not work. Badger vaccination along with improved cattle testing, movement controls and bio-security is the only cost effective, humane and sustainable solution until the cattle vaccination is approved for use.
We expect South Somerset District Council to recognise the futility of culling badgers and the serious harm it is doing to local communities. As representatives of these communities the council can support farming and wildlife by vaccinating badgers on council owned and controlled land.
Please don't allow badgers to be killed when there is no good scientific evidence to suggest that this will reduce bovine TB. Vaccination allows us to keep out wildlife and stop TB. It is essential that diversity and wildlife are not sacrificed in the name of monoculture farming. It will be the downfall of us all.
Vaccination & improved biosecurity are the way to deal with BTB - not cruel and ineffective culling.
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It is my firm belief if West Country farmers kept their cattle in better more sanitary conditions as for e.g. they do in Germany, the incidence of Tb would drop considerably. Badger culling is a nonsensical ante-deluvian quick-fix with no proven scientific value