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Black and White
Campaign News
Well, despite advice and
scientific evidence, the Welsh
Assembly seem hell bent on
killing badgers in Pembrokeshire.
POLICE
They are to start in April of this
year so many of the cubs like
EMERGENCY!
little Aquarius will only be born
to die and many will probably
starve underground.
One morning last September, a woman
A demonstration was held
arrived at a police station in Somerset with
outside the Welsh Assembly on
an unusual request for help: she had found
Monday March 8th in Cardiff to
a bat impaled on the radio aerial of her car.
make sure that they realise just
Staff on duty suggested that the nearby how many people are against
veterinary practice might provide a more this pilot scheme.
appropriate source of assistance and off Maybe you feel strongly
she went. enough to wish not to go on
The vets sprang into action, and after holiday to Wales while this
administering a general anaesthetic, carried pointless exercise takes place.
out a successful operation to remove the You may decide to avoid
bat from the car aerial. It was a pipestrelle, produce made in Wales. If so,
and had presumably suffered a moment’s please write to the Welsh
loss of concentration, perhaps while
Assembly and tell them that is
pursuing prey over the parked car during
what you are going to do.
the previous night.
Perhaps they may then realise
The vets arranged for the bat to be
that we can make our voices
cared for by Secret World Wildlife Rescue
heard in many ways.
near Highbridge, which has amassed vast
experience in successfully treating injured
The address for the Welsh
wildlife, including bats. They checked the
Assembly is given below:-
animal over and found it to be uninjured
apart from a small tear in the membrane
of it’s right wing. After a few weeks of TLC
Ms ELIN JONES,
to allow the wound to heal, they gave it a
WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT
flight test and pronounced it fit to be
SENEDD BUILDING,
released back into the wild.
CARDIFF BAY,
On a mild evening at the end of the month, CARDIFF,
a very fortunate little bat flew off to rejoin its
CF99 1NA
colony in the grounds of an old vicarage.
correspondence.elin.jones
Sent in by Roger Bradford @wales.gsi.gov.uk
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