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Badger Update
How I wish that I could give better completely out of dog food and an
news on the badger front. I have appeal is starting. Keeping 40 badger
spent a lot of time counter attacking cubs for two to three extra months is
so many articles this year calling for a lot of food.
the culling of badgers to control Now is the time that we should
Bovine tb in cattle. I am so disheartened be looking for release sites for our
that, despite considerable scientific badger families for next year. This is
evidence, the scaremongering continues because during the winter it is so
from the NFU and other farming bodies. much easier to survey land and find
Only three days ago an incident tracks and signs that will signal
nearby was reported to us of a badger whether there are badgers in the
in a snare and still alive. Sadly within area. Please, let us know if you can
the hour, by the time we got there the think of anyone with land that may
badger and snare was gone but it take badgers - especially as next
was obvious from the blood on the year, our cubs will be tested for
scene that the badger had been Bovine tb and vaccinated against it.
dispatched and the snare removed. Thank you to all the badger group
We are still waiting to see what we members and volunteers who have
can do with regards to police action. worked so hard this year to find
Our cubs have been with us for far homes and building artificial setts
too long and we still have two groups when necessary for the young cubs
waiting to be released which is far too and for the donations to help to buy
late in the year. We shall soon be into building materials, travelling and other
the territorial time of year when boars associated costs.
are defending their own territories and Sadly the Welsh Assembly is hell
newcomers are not welcome. We bent on culling badgers just for the
have had 3 release sites fail due to sake of it as there is no science to
political pressure of committees or their pilot scheme. The killing will start
adjoining landowners and this has next April. Please watch the Black
meant a lot of work by volunteers and White site as to what our current
trying to find suitable sites for them. approaches are on this draconian
This has been compounded by the policy. I will endeavour to update the
extra need for food. We are now site, www.blackandwhite.info and
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