the govermemt

[daz 0]

has anyone herd of when the goverment is going to do somethink on the cull of badgers or to thin them out a bit .ive herd that we will soon be able to cull them shortly.there does seem to be a lot of them about.most farmers will say they have them digging there land and makeing it unsafe for tractor drivers due to the ground caveing in .i think the more badgers breed theres more chance of a tb spread. ive got uncles who farm and they say they a pain in the arse and if they had a choice they wouldent have them on there land. (what do you think)

[new2hunting 0]

yeah i heard this of me mate but i wasnt sure it was true

[nelson 0]

They need controlling, end of

 

 

It's alright for the poor people but if you ever had some dig up your tennis court, you'd be as pissed off as me

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

I see, on a daily basis, what high densities of badgers get up to. Dug up pastures. Trackways caving in. Ditches blocked with their spoil. And that's without even bringing TB into it.

 

I've never had any inclination to dig a badger up in my entire life. It simply doesn't interest me. So I've no axe to grind about them. Interestingly too; Alough I believe there's still an active sett just fifty yards from this computer, I've never found them to be ripping up my home acre or paddock either. Maybe cattle shit holds something for them which donkey shit doesn't? Maybe it's because I largely clear away the donkeys shit? What ever. I'm really just underlining the fact that I'm no more interested in the bloody things than I am the rooks and jackdaws. They're just there. They don't bother me personally and no one pays me to touch them, because that's a dual illegality and I don't want trouble. If it were legal and I was paid? I'd be just as happy to go after them.

 

So, having set out my own credentials of complete impartiallity; I can tell ye now ..... Ye've no more chance of Any of our governments allowing Joe Public to get involved with Any form of badger reduction measures than ye have of them letting ye deal with Paedophiles or Hoodie wearing 'chavs'.

 

If they ever start doing it again, it'll be done very much like last time. By specially signed up auxillary 'Ministry Men'. Done by the letter. Done alone - except for when a multi interest study group comes out with their clip boards to watch it being done. No mates. No spades. No terriers. Not a cellophane rat in hells chance.

 

So, just get used to it. Get over it. And accept that ye'll never again be allowed to legally dig up badgers with terriers in uk. Ever.

 

Sorry if that pisses on a few bonfires. I personally couldn't give a flying f*ck if someone likes digging badgers up or not. No more than I care what breakfast cereal ye prefer. I'm simply pointing out the truth.

 

No good trying to take it out on the messenger either. That won't faze me or change anything, will it? Legally, it's over. Has been for thirty years.

[Guest Frank]

I cull for the department of agriculture over here in Ireland.

We use live catch snares, supplied by the dept and shoot them at close range in the brain, humanely.

Its done under licence, which is issued by Ducas, the wildlife department and the cert lasts for 2 weeks. It is only issued, if the cattle show lisions in the factory they were killed at.

TB in badgers has been prooven to be on the increase. 40% have it.

When we cull them, we get issued, cloves, masks ect, so that the Tb does not infect us.

Not a nice job. i have been doing this, on off, for the past 6 years. Its part time and seasonal.

Someone has to do it.

[Guest MyDogsAGuire]

When we are off digging sometimes we come across snares placed right over the holes Well needless to say the snares are quickly removed Some areas have been snared so bad the land is totally dead

Edited December 28, 2007 by MyDogsAGuire

[Guest Frank]

When we are off digging sometimes we come across snares placed right over the holes Well needless to say the snares are quickly removed Some areas have been snared so bad the land is totally dead

 

Those snares that you remove sir, are goverment property and they are marked.

You wuill not get them snares anywhere else.

If you get cought by the department, with them snares, they dont take it lightly.

They have prosecuted 3 fellas their couple of months ago, in the area i snare in, for lifting snares.

They all got suspended sentences.

Becarefull.

[mavphill 0]

i've read quite a bit of stuff on this issue. The research seems to be very divided, and the politics have become complicated with farming unions and conservationists trying to score points. I would have concern if a large scale cull went ahead and it turned out to be the wrong move. I live in Lancashire , we have plenty of badgers and dairy herds but almost no incidence of TB, the ministry tested road death badgers here and did not find one infected animal. I also understand there was an increase in tb in parts of Cumbria after foot and mouth when testing of cattle was relaxed to quickly restock. If a cull went ahead how would it be carried out?