Last chance to save badgers from a proposed cull

Chris Packham joins the RSPCA in urging action
 

19.07.11

It is believed that the government is to imminently announce plans to license the shooting of badgers.

We're firmly opposed to any plans for a widespread cull, and believe now may be the last chance for those who agree to voice their views.

Chris Packham, who recently became an RSPCA Vice President, has added his voice to this campaign, saying that now might be the last chance for people to tell the government what they think.
 

A decision about whether badgers are to be culled is due imminently. There is no time to waste, now is the time for anyone who feels as strongly as I do on this subject to act.

Badgers are fascinating creatures which I consider to be a quintessential part of our English countryside.

The proposed badger cull

As part of a consultation last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) put forward a proposal for a badger cull in parts of England as part of a package of measures to control bovine TB in cattle.

The plans, which could mean the eradication of 70 per cent of the badger population in large parts of the country, involved farmers and landowners being licensed to carry out and fund the cull themselves through a variety of methods including free-shooting.

We're firmly opposed to proposals for a cull and have long battled against various proposals put forward, and previously dismissed, by different governments. We think these plans would be unlikely to work and could have severe welfare implications, and that licensing farmers and/or landowners as suggested could be inhumane and near impossible to monitor.

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