The Government’s ill-fated and potentially devastating cull of badgers in pilot areas in England is due to begin in less than three months. We need to act now to stop this slaughter and to help the cows and dairy farmers who face the threat of bovine TB.
We urge those who agree with leading scientists, the vast majority of the public and MPs of all parties who voted in Parliament to reject the cull to sign this ever-growing petition: epetitions. direct.gov.uk/petitions/38257. It calls for vaccination and greater on-farm biosecurity as the way to beat bovine TB.
The RSPCA stands ready to work with all those farmers and landowners who recognise, as the scientists do, that the badger cull will do little to tackle the problem and could even make it worse.
The badgers and cows cannot speak for themselves. We can act for them.
Gavin Grant RSPCA Chief Executive
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