badgers

[gizmo 1]

did anyone see a advert in the paper about a badger cull coming to ireland

ment to make a decission by friday

[Neil Cooney. 1]

The Irish government has been slaughtering 10s of 1000s of badgers this years.

Snares set and checked every few days.

[Corkonian 44]

Edited June 9, 2009 by Corkonian

[Tassa 64]

Yeah, heard of farmers up this way failing the TB test and the poor auld badger are getting the blame for it. Shame to see it happening. Dem maps would be a gud job tho.

[Neil Cooney. 1]

Your right, everybody has a right to protect their livelyhood. Thats why most of us on here do some pest control of some sort or another.

But when a professional sets a snare on a Friday and checks it on the Monday (or Tuesday in the case of a bank holiday) then even the farmers are sickened. If the farmers asks me to do the job quickly and efficiently I have to say "no, it's illegal".

This is the same government snareing badgers that has John Gormless as Minister of the Enviroment. The same minister who wants hunting and coursing banned and gave full protection to the magpie and greycrow.

Boils my blood. He's now saying we might have to cut the national herd as their farts are enlarging the hole in the ozone layer.

[Tassa 64]

Its laughable alrite.. Know where your cumn from. Magpies & greybacks are the biggest scourge in the country too. Prob thinks hes doing [bANNED TEXT] but he really doesn't have a baldy

[BOCK 0]

They really went at it around my county too last season - a right slaughter.

They were shooting and snaring them - a few cur dogs around got caught in the snares too but none of them killed.

 

A shame to see skips full of badgers but I know farmers need to make a living too.

 

Some lads I hunt with who also farm got a look at the maps they use - EVERY burrow for miles and miles around marked on it!

 

 

Same down our way the last two years corkonian I think it was a 90% cull and they mapped every sett they culled so this year they have started to cull the deer all in the name of T.B. IF this dose not clear up the T.B. will they start culling rabbits next I know they have to keep this T.B.under control but it is a shame to see all this game just been killed there has to be a better way, if anyone other than the government was cough doing this they would get life in jail

[killemall 1]

They really went at it around my county too last season - a right slaughter.

They were shooting and snaring them - a few cur dogs around got caught in the snares too but none of them killed.

 

A shame to see skips full of badgers but I know farmers need to make a living too.

 

Some lads I hunt with who also farm got a look at the maps they use - EVERY burrow for miles and miles around marked on it!

 

 

Same down our way the last two years corkonian I think it was a 90% cull and they mapped every sett they culled so this year they have started to cull the deer all in the name of T.B. IF this dose not clear up the T.B. will they start culling rabbits next I know they have to keep this T.B.under control but it is a shame to see all this game just been killed there has to be a better way, if anyone other than the government was cough doing this they would get life in jail

 

 

Ya lads same down this way fellas killing them by the skip load and weather there reactors or non tb holders they still get killed either way its a f**king shame as bock said on a an uncles farm they had the department out few weeks back set put his snares came back a few days later there was 2 foxes he shot and 3 badgers he shot and if anyone out there thinks if a badger is better off snared ye clearly have never seen a spot where there has bein a badger snared they go balistic teare everything around em to try and get out this is alot more stresfull for an animal then being dug i reckon but yet this is the department and they do know best

 

TERRIER MAN

Edited June 11, 2008 by killemall

[Neil Cooney. 1]

Killemall you must learn about full stops but you're absolutely right.

One thing that bothers me about the badger slaughter by the Irish goverment (F.F and the GREEN party) is that there's no close season.

Sows snared leaving cubs to starve.

Unbelievable.

[Trev 4]

Hello Girls LOL.

 

Sad topic really if youve witnessed this carnage first hand.

 

Neil C could you p.m your no. please its been to long since we had a natter.

[Bootsha 1,306]

Welsh Assembly Govt have recently approved a Badger cull in some "hotspots", in West Wales area. Don't know when it's gonna kick off, dont know if it's gonna be as effective as they think. Sounds like you boys in the Emerald Isle have had some bad times with it. Also sounds like we have similar arsholes in high govt positions over here as well !!

Keep your shovels shiny boys

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

Read in the local rag where I live about 6 months ago that they were gonna start a cull in the north. The local badger watch group had written a long letter to the paper in defence of old Brock, have'nt heard anything since though. But I'd say it's on the cards here too. Know of some farmers along the border that want them shifted as they don't want agriculture guys on their ground. I'll watch with interest. Thing is it was their own doing by banning the sport of digging them in the first place. It's seems a case of do as I say and not as I do. Good old governments.

[gizmo 1]

Read in the local rag where I live about 6 months ago that they were gonna start a cull in the north. The local badger watch group had written a long letter to the paper in defence of old Brock, have'nt heard anything since though. But I'd say it's on the cards here too. Know of some farmers along the border that want them shifted as they don't want agriculture guys on their ground. I'll watch with interest. Thing is it was their own doing by banning the sport of digging them in the first place. It's seems a case of do as I say and not as I do. Good old governments.

 

 

thier making a decission tomarrow weather or not to take a cull in here

in the north

[Neil Cooney. 1]

The decision you'll read about in the paper is a smokescreen.

The year they declared that 30,000 badgers were to be snared in Offaly and Monaghan where I live in Co. Meath was done too. This wasn't declared.

[Guest oldskool]

they must have been culling them here for a long time because i used to see loads when out lamping but now i havent seen one in maybe 2 years... its a real shame!! numbers are really too low IMO...