This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Isle of Wight Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014. The object of the petition is to ensure that Isle of Wight 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").
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We, the undersigned, call on Isle of Wight 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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November 21, 2013
82 Comments
apart from the clear facts that the pilot culls were a disaster, this is a cruel way to destroy our wonderful wildlife. Nature should be left to nature. Farmers should vaccinate their catlle, after all they are a business in it to make money and all business have to bear expenses.
Culling badgers will not have the result that the farmers and the Government want. The only effective way to control bTB is to vaccinate badgers. I would like to see the IOW Council take a positive stance to protect badgers by vaccinating all badgers on its land in line with the actions taken by the Wildlife Trusts.
As a Professor of biochemistry, I support the view of the scientists that a badge cull is not required and I would support vaccination.
There are many respected people and groups (RSPB and RSPCA and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust) against the cull, saying that the science of culling will not be effective.
The IOW will be an ideal place for this 'no kill, vaccinate' experiment because it is an island. Please give these beautiful creatures the chance they deserve.
The cull is a joke gone too far. All evidence shows that killing these gorgeous wild animals does not prevent TB in cattle. The cull costs thousands to run and inflicts untold pain on the animals concerned. Vaccination is the only sensible way forward. Please do the right thing and make sure the Isle of E
We must stop the cull. Vaccination is the only answer.
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This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of Isle of Wight Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014. The object of the petition is to ensure that Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight 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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Reached 100 supporters
November 21, 2013
82 Comments
This is 2014, not 1014. There is absolutely justification for inflicting pain and cruelty on any animal. The Isle of Wight has prided itself on not having TB amongst its badgers and use of an effective vaccine will be more humane than a cull, as was demonstrated in the furtive badger culls of 2013 and 2014 in SW England.
apart from the clear facts that the pilot culls were a disaster, this is a cruel way to destroy our wonderful wildlife. Nature should be left to nature. Farmers should vaccinate their catlle, after all they are a business in it to make money and all business have to bear expenses.
Culling badgers will not have the result that the farmers and the Government want. The only effective way to control bTB is to vaccinate badgers. I would like to see the IOW Council take a positive stance to protect badgers by vaccinating all badgers on its land in line with the actions taken by the Wildlife Trusts.
As a Professor of biochemistry, I support the view of the scientists that a badge cull is not required and I would support vaccination.
There are many respected people and groups (RSPB and RSPCA and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust) against the cull, saying that the science of culling will not be effective.
The IOW will be an ideal place for this 'no kill, vaccinate' experiment because it is an island. Please give these beautiful creatures the chance they deserve.
The cull is a joke gone too far. All evidence shows that killing these gorgeous wild animals does not prevent TB in cattle. The cull costs thousands to run and inflicts untold pain on the animals concerned. Vaccination is the only sensible way forward. Please do the right thing and make sure the Isle of E
We must stop the cull. Vaccination is the only answer.
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This is 2014, not 1014. There is absolutely justification for inflicting pain and cruelty on any animal. The Isle of Wight has prided itself on not having TB amongst its badgers and use of an effective vaccine will be more humane than a cull, as was demonstrated in the furtive badger culls of 2013 and 2014 in SW England.