Badger Genocide Performs As Predicted...

[tyfach]

Quelle*fucking*Surprise...

"Badgers are a scapegoat for bad farming practices and an inadequate bovine TB testing regime. Our findings make a mockery of the demands for badger culling made in Britain by the National Farmers' Union and other organisations."

So, badger culling could actually make bovine TB worse...? Seeing as there was scant

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[tyrell]

Yep, the UK groups against the badger cull said that it was likely it would actually make it worse, and at the very least achieve nothing. Not sure it was worth the huge cull in Ireland just to get some data on it.

This one's pretty interesting, especially the response to question 3:
http://www.badger.org.uk/tb/Badger%20Trust%20TB%20Consultation%20Response.pdf

[tyfach]

Good Grief... and that was written over a year ago... If in doubt, kill stuff, regardless of the evidence or expert advice...

[tyrell]

They had a draft letter to send to MPs (which I did) that basically said "Q1. How far would you find it acceptable, 1-5? A: Zero, because the entire premise is flawed due to a, b, c, d, e, f, g..."

Honestly, the list of reasons why it was unscientific, expensive, inhumane *and still completely ineffective* was staggering. And yeah, that was a year or so ago.

[thepixy]

Ok, reading that consultation response has just made me really annoyed. I had no idea there was such a wealth of information available on how much badger culling does not bloody work.
I have one question though: what is the perturbation effect?

[thepixy]

So I just friended you yesterday and find myself in hearty agreement with you already :)

[tyfach]

Yay for friendly concordance! And boo-sucks to unwarranted and ill-advised slaughter of indigenous wildlife...

My relatives

[badgermind]

I'm glad someone else is supporting my relatives!!!

Re: My relatives

[tyfach]

Of course - badgers rock!