you don't live on the British mainland then
TB
- Thread starter lazy farmer
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Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
So what would you say to those of us with closed herds that have suffered with Tb for decades?
- Location
- North West England
Locally had a number of badgers suddenly appear in an area that no one alive remembers seeing badgers in or within ten or twelve miles of. It also happens to be 5 mins from a motorway junction. Car has been seen parked in gateway and people letting them out of cages lifted out the boot
celtis man
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That is one of the stupidest comments you have ever made !
- Location
- North West England
Are you expecting to get a straight answer?
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Are you expecting to get a straight answer?
No, I'm expecting more lies
Your a danger to yourself.
celtis man
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We had 2cattle taken recently as 2x tested IR's ,one was a in calf fr heifer
Nothing found on pm either
Nothing found on pm either
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Excellent post @lazy farmer and pleased you are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel
frederick
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- Location
- south west
Never. It just wont fly in parliament and a national debate no matter what the arguments for it. However we do have the disease control options and as Lazy has demonstrated it is working.
Lifting protected status could quite easily have a negative affect on TB with small scale peacemeal culling actually increasing the problem.
Well it certainly won't happen in Wales if the boyos in the Bay have anything to do with it!
Alfred
Member
All very true!.
ollie989898
Member
The badger cull has gone exceptionally well around here, with the best efforts of the people involved (which involves no small amount of clip-boarding I can tell you) they have easily accomplished their cull total with time to spare. For obvious reasons nobody can name names but I do hope some of them get to read this thread and receive the appreciation they deserve. It has taken a lot of time and a great deal of effort, firstly to get all the host farmers signed up and second to organise the process itself. I can only imagine the grief involved and not just because of officials and their paperwork and rather perplexing rules regarding the cull.
If the Antis want to help I would suggest the trap and relocate the badgers to areas of the country where there are no cattle. It is as simple as that. Spending millions of tax payers money destroying perfectly healthy cattle without controlling the other main vector is ridiculous. The number of people I encounter who do not have the faintest idea that badgers themselves suffer terribly from TB astounds me, and they are easily educated because of the very fine website one very fine individual has created at their own expense, which details the disease in badgers and the morbidities involved with some excellent photographs as well. I only wish someone would anonymously produce some youtube videos demonstrating badgers suffering with TB, perhaps with the use of long distance photography. It is a hideous way for them to die and there is no shortage of them about.
If the Antis want to help I would suggest the trap and relocate the badgers to areas of the country where there are no cattle. It is as simple as that. Spending millions of tax payers money destroying perfectly healthy cattle without controlling the other main vector is ridiculous. The number of people I encounter who do not have the faintest idea that badgers themselves suffer terribly from TB astounds me, and they are easily educated because of the very fine website one very fine individual has created at their own expense, which details the disease in badgers and the morbidities involved with some excellent photographs as well. I only wish someone would anonymously produce some youtube videos demonstrating badgers suffering with TB, perhaps with the use of long distance photography. It is a hideous way for them to die and there is no shortage of them about.
Grassman247
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Those badgers relocated north won’t get very far, rifleman in Cheshire told me they’d shot 1000 badgers in the first couple of nights a few weeks back. I dream of the day we go back to 4 yearly testing [emoji7]
Alfred
Member
Did he also shoot the flying pig?
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
Not sure returning to 4 year testing would be something i would ever want to risk. I will quite happily test annualy and go clear than risk a nasty suprise after 4 years
Yearly testing will be a big start. Haven't tested now for 4 months. Feels wierd. Bring on December