And so it begins again.
In spite of all the
evidence and against all reasonable scientific advice, the sound of rifles and
shotguns will be ringing out at night across large parts of Gloucestershire and
Somerset over the coming weeks, as innocent badgers are indiscriminately
massacred whilst going about their nocturnal business. Animal suffering will
doubtless ensue despite a lack of evidence that this killing will help tackle
bovine tuberculosis.
The Independent Expert Panel of Defra-selected scientists concluded that
last year's pilot culls were "ineffective" and "inhumane", a huge blow to the
government's plans to roll out the culling to other areas of England, but not
enough, it seems, to protect the badgers of Gloucestershire and Somerset from
continued slaughter whilst culling methods are "perfected", with a view to
further roll-out in the coming years. Huff Post.
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