This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Castle PointBorough Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014. The object of the petition is to ensure that Castle PointBorough 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 Castle PointBorough Council area of Essex.
For details of badger petitions in other parts of England, please contact B-R-A-V-Ehttp://www.b-r-a-v-e.co.uk
We, the undersigned, call on Castle PointBorough 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 1, 2013
The feedback from local residents has been overwhelming. We are currently working on a formal proposal to ensure the council prioritizes vaccination over culling.
December 1, 2013
The momentum is undeniable. Our local badgers have a real fighting chance.
Reached 100 supporters
December 1, 2013
14 Comments
Save these special creatures from this pointless cull. Can we not vaccinate cattle instead??
Hampshire County Council said "Hands Off Our Badgers". Vaccination is the solution.Please join HCC in this wise statement.
I wrote to DEFRA, providing a coherent argument based on the ISG's "10" year trial findings.... The result was they didn't respond to any of my points... Please at the next election do not vote for any of the MP's that supported this needless slaughter of a "protected" species.
This is a political slaughter. It will not change BTB, only a scientific approach to animal husbandry will
No badgers should be culled as very few have TB & the ones that do have it, caught it from cattle. The answer to this problem is to vaccinate cattle - this was how it was eradicated from humans. No badgers in cull zones are being tested for TB - so it's a pointless exercise and cruel - so many badgers have been shot and left alive, suffering a long, painful death. This is not right in the UK and this whole cull must be stopped in the whole of the UK.
STOP THE MADNESS
Why kill when there is at least one other way?
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This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Castle PointBorough Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014. The object of the petition is to ensure that Castle PointBorough 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 Castle PointBorough Council area of Essex.
For details of badger petitions in other parts of England, please contact B-R-A-V-Ehttp://www.b-r-a-v-e.co.uk
We, the undersigned, call on Castle PointBorough 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 1, 2013
The feedback from local residents has been overwhelming. We are currently working on a formal proposal to ensure the council prioritizes vaccination over culling.
December 1, 2013
The momentum is undeniable. Our local badgers have a real fighting chance.
Reached 100 supporters
December 1, 2013
14 Comments
Vaccination & biosecurity will be effective in the long term - culling is cruel & ineffective.
Save these special creatures from this pointless cull. Can we not vaccinate cattle instead??
Hampshire County Council said "Hands Off Our Badgers". Vaccination is the solution.Please join HCC in this wise statement.
I wrote to DEFRA, providing a coherent argument based on the ISG's "10" year trial findings.... The result was they didn't respond to any of my points... Please at the next election do not vote for any of the MP's that supported this needless slaughter of a "protected" species.
This is a political slaughter. It will not change BTB, only a scientific approach to animal husbandry will
No badgers should be culled as very few have TB & the ones that do have it, caught it from cattle. The answer to this problem is to vaccinate cattle - this was how it was eradicated from humans. No badgers in cull zones are being tested for TB - so it's a pointless exercise and cruel - so many badgers have been shot and left alive, suffering a long, painful death. This is not right in the UK and this whole cull must be stopped in the whole of the UK.
STOP THE MADNESS
Why kill when there is at least one other way?
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Vaccination & biosecurity will be effective in the long term - culling is cruel & ineffective.