This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Hambleton District Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014.
The object of the petition is to ensure that Hambleton District 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 Hambleton District 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 Hambleton District 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.
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February 17, 2014
Seeing the momentum behind this push is exhausting but it keeps me moving forward. The opposition is loud and well funded yet seeing so many local people speak up against these methods gives me the energy to keep fighting for our badgers.
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Keep this inhumane, totally useless, and politically motivated culling policy out of N. Yorkshire. Our farmers are better than this.
The culling has no scientific basis, is inhumane and ineffective as has been proven in the trial areas. The cost to taxpayers is huge and the cost to humanity is worse.
Vaccination & biosecurity will be effective in the long term - culling is cruel & ineffective.
Leave the Badgers alone, vaccinate instead!
I'm backing this 100% I think it's totally disputable culling badgers.
please vaccinate badgers in Hambleton rather than inhumanly culling them,
The badger cull is unscientific and inhumane.
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This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Hambleton District Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014.
The object of the petition is to ensure that Hambleton District 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 Hambleton District 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 Hambleton District 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
February 17, 2014
Seeing the momentum behind this push is exhausting but it keeps me moving forward. The opposition is loud and well funded yet seeing so many local people speak up against these methods gives me the energy to keep fighting for our badgers.
9 Comments
It has been proved that culling badgers does not prevent bovine TB and is ineffective! Leave them alone please, vaccinate the cattle instead!
Keep this inhumane, totally useless, and politically motivated culling policy out of N. Yorkshire. Our farmers are better than this.
The culling has no scientific basis, is inhumane and ineffective as has been proven in the trial areas. The cost to taxpayers is huge and the cost to humanity is worse.
Vaccination & biosecurity will be effective in the long term - culling is cruel & ineffective.
Leave the Badgers alone, vaccinate instead!
I'm backing this 100% I think it's totally disputable culling badgers.
please vaccinate badgers in Hambleton rather than inhumanly culling them,
The badger cull is unscientific and inhumane.
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It has been proved that culling badgers does not prevent bovine TB and is ineffective! Leave them alone please, vaccinate the cattle instead!