This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of North Yorkshire County Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014.
The object of the petition is to ensure that North Yorkshire County 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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County Council as well as potentially by the full Council.
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We, the undersigned, call on North Yorkshire County 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 250 supporters
February 22, 2014
February 8, 2014
The momentum behind this fight is undeniable now. North Yorkshire County Council can try to ignore us but they cannot shut out the thousands who refuse to let them murder our wildlife for a failed policy.
Reached 100 supporters
February 6, 2014
68 Comments
As a keen observer of natural history and someone who regularly holidays in N Yorks I am opposed to the culling of badgers and would certainly boycott any area that supports this meaningless, scientifically questionable and inhumane response to Btb.
I come to North Yorkshire on holiday to walk and to see wildlife, I do not want to see gun men killing off an important part of our eco-system. You are doing a fantastic job with red squirrels, please do not destroy badgers, they are not to blame.
I work in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and I really hope that North Yorkshire County Council appreciate that science proves culling is inhumane, inefficient and a waste of time, money and effort. Thank you x
I am a member of the farming community and am against this cull - It is cruel, barbaric and it will encourage further illegal practices. Furthermore it is already proving that it doesn't work. Let's ensure that North Yorkshire rejects the cull
This attempt to control TB in cattle has been seen to be an inhumane practice which despite warnings proved to be a cruel failure. In Scotland they have cattle and badgers, but no TB. no badgers are killed here.
Please don't allow the persecution of wildlife.
Vaccinete them
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This is a national issue which will be of direct concern to the people of North Yorkshire County Council when DEFRA "rolls out" its culling policy in 2014.
The object of the petition is to ensure that North Yorkshire County 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 North Yorkshire County Council area. However, if you are signing as a resident of North Yorkshire please type in your District
Council area within the County as well. This well help to ensure that the
petition is discussed at one or more of the seven "Area Boards" run by the
County Council as well as potentially by the full Council.
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 North Yorkshire County 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
Reached 250 supporters
February 22, 2014
February 8, 2014
The momentum behind this fight is undeniable now. North Yorkshire County Council can try to ignore us but they cannot shut out the thousands who refuse to let them murder our wildlife for a failed policy.
Reached 100 supporters
February 6, 2014
68 Comments
It seems that the government refuses to listen to scientist, and is not even collecting evidence from the badgers that have already been sacrificed, to verify the actual incidence of TB in Badgers. Instead they are burning the evidence. This cull is politically motivated, and there are alternatives, such as vaccination.
As a keen observer of natural history and someone who regularly holidays in N Yorks I am opposed to the culling of badgers and would certainly boycott any area that supports this meaningless, scientifically questionable and inhumane response to Btb.
I come to North Yorkshire on holiday to walk and to see wildlife, I do not want to see gun men killing off an important part of our eco-system. You are doing a fantastic job with red squirrels, please do not destroy badgers, they are not to blame.
I work in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and I really hope that North Yorkshire County Council appreciate that science proves culling is inhumane, inefficient and a waste of time, money and effort. Thank you x
I am a member of the farming community and am against this cull - It is cruel, barbaric and it will encourage further illegal practices. Furthermore it is already proving that it doesn't work. Let's ensure that North Yorkshire rejects the cull
This attempt to control TB in cattle has been seen to be an inhumane practice which despite warnings proved to be a cruel failure. In Scotland they have cattle and badgers, but no TB. no badgers are killed here.
Please don't allow the persecution of wildlife.
Vaccinete them
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It seems that the government refuses to listen to scientist, and is not even collecting evidence from the badgers that have already been sacrificed, to verify the actual incidence of TB in Badgers. Instead they are burning the evidence. This cull is politically motivated, and there are alternatives, such as vaccination.