Submitted on Tuesday 8th March 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 9th March 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
End the flawed badger cull: no roll out to new counties.
Since 2013, thousands of badgers have been killed in a government cull attempting to control bovine TB. Against scientific advice & before a 4 year trial has completed, the government is now considering expanding the cull to new counties - tens of thousands of healthy badgers could be killed.
Experts in disease control and animal welfare agree that pilot badger culls have proven both ineffective and inhumane. Shooting badgers is also expensive, costing tax-payers some £5,000 per animal. Bovine TB is a serious problem but killing badgers is not the solution, and could actually make the situation worse. It is a costly distraction from an effective solution incorporating vaccination, increased cattle movement control measures and improved testing.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/122595
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