This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Brentwood Borough Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014.
The object of the petition is to ensure that Brentwood Borough Council's badger population is as safe as possible from slaughter and that the already available injectable badger vaccine against bTB is used in as many cases as possible.
We ask this because we believe the culling policy is inhumane (DEFRA's measurement of "humaneness" is to time the screams of wounded badgers), inefficient (previous culls showed an increase in bTB because of badger movement) and unscientific (the majority of scientific opinion hold that a cull will have "no meaningful result").
To preserve the integrity of this petition please only sign it if you live, work or study in the Brentwood Borough Council area.
For details of badger petitions in other parts of England, please contact B-R-A-V-E http://www.b-r-a-v-e.co.uk
We, the undersigned, call on Brentwood Borough Council to prohibit the culling of badgers on council-owned land and invest in vaccination programmes locally. We ask this because we believe culling to be inhumane, inefficient and unscientific.
Updates
December 11, 2013
The feedback coming in from local residents reminds me that our connection to the wildlife in Brentwood is deeply held. I am currently reaching out to council members to ensure they understand that vaccination is viewed as a viable and humane alternative to the proposed policy.
December 11, 2013
Seeing this level of engagement confirms that our local community values the protection of our badger population through humane alternatives. This momentum suggests that our concerns are resonant and cannot be easily overlooked by the council. We are proving that there is a thoughtful preference for vaccination over outdated practices.
24 Comments
The pilots have been a farce and only served to increase the risk of bTB through peturbation. Vaccinate now.
As Science has not proved conclusively that the badgers are the curse why pursue with culling why not vaccinate the badgers.
The cruel cull trials highlighted that this does not work and in fact spreads the disease. It is limited by the control of cattle movement and vaccination of cattle and badgers. An enormous waste of public money and unspeakably cruel.
Vaccination & biosecurity will be effective in the long term - culling is cruel & ineffective.
Killing these innocent animals is not the answer to controlling bovine TB, there is so much evidence to prove this. The culling is inhumane and totally unecessary. Vaccination is the way forward!!
STOP THIS MADNESS
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This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Brentwood Borough Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014.
The object of the petition is to ensure that Brentwood Borough Council's badger population is as safe as possible from slaughter and that the already available injectable badger vaccine against bTB is used in as many cases as possible.
We ask this because we believe the culling policy is inhumane (DEFRA's measurement of "humaneness" is to time the screams of wounded badgers), inefficient (previous culls showed an increase in bTB because of badger movement) and unscientific (the majority of scientific opinion hold that a cull will have "no meaningful result").
To preserve the integrity of this petition please only sign it if you live, work or study in the Brentwood Borough Council area.
For details of badger petitions in other parts of England, please contact B-R-A-V-E http://www.b-r-a-v-e.co.uk
We, the undersigned, call on Brentwood Borough Council to prohibit the culling of badgers on council-owned land and invest in vaccination programmes locally. We ask this because we believe culling to be inhumane, inefficient and unscientific.
Updates
December 11, 2013
The feedback coming in from local residents reminds me that our connection to the wildlife in Brentwood is deeply held. I am currently reaching out to council members to ensure they understand that vaccination is viewed as a viable and humane alternative to the proposed policy.
December 11, 2013
Seeing this level of engagement confirms that our local community values the protection of our badger population through humane alternatives. This momentum suggests that our concerns are resonant and cannot be easily overlooked by the council. We are proving that there is a thoughtful preference for vaccination over outdated practices.
24 Comments
Badger culling is ineffective and Essex Wildlife Trust, which has a significant reserve in the Brentwood district has a policy of vaccination to protect badgers from TB.
The pilots have been a farce and only served to increase the risk of bTB through peturbation. Vaccinate now.
As Science has not proved conclusively that the badgers are the curse why pursue with culling why not vaccinate the badgers.
The cruel cull trials highlighted that this does not work and in fact spreads the disease. It is limited by the control of cattle movement and vaccination of cattle and badgers. An enormous waste of public money and unspeakably cruel.
Vaccination & biosecurity will be effective in the long term - culling is cruel & ineffective.
Killing these innocent animals is not the answer to controlling bovine TB, there is so much evidence to prove this. The culling is inhumane and totally unecessary. Vaccination is the way forward!!
STOP THIS MADNESS
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Badger culling is ineffective and Essex Wildlife Trust, which has a significant reserve in the Brentwood district has a policy of vaccination to protect badgers from TB.