Haha, my four-year old daughter lasted the course yesterday. It's not THAT longGood viewing, but far too long for those that need convincing to bother watching it.
Naturalists (Packham for one) might know about the damage badgers do but have their heads buried in the sand.The people on the ground, Vets, Farmers, Gamekeepers, Naturalists all know a lot more about the damage the Badger does than any scientists.
their heads buried in the sand.
An excellent video.
The scientists at Warwick and I bet in other places do not come out of this at all well.
It shows what a farce trying to use science as the way to drive forward TB control when these people do not want it to work.
I have always had suspicions that they have their own agenda and that has nothing at all to do with protecting the livelihoods of farmers of ensuring healthy wildlife.
Look at what Lacey said about BSE!
The people on the ground, Vets, Farmers, Gamekeepers, Naturalists all know a lot more about the damage the Badger does than any scientists.
Good viewing, but far too long for those that need convincing to bother watching it.
Haha, my four-year old daughter lasted the course yesterday. It's not THAT long
It's 26 minutes.
Good for her.
Brutally, we do not need qPCR to screen out and target infected badgers. We have reactor locations and can overlay those maps with badger colonies, tracks and setts. But for PR, any cull would be a better sell if it had a bit of 'science' behind it.
The other thing with Wellington's qPCR is that if an outbreak of this grade 3 zoonotic pathogen is found, it isn't a farmer's job to deal with it. It's Defra's or Public Health, or both. That is the level of seriousness attached to Tuberculosis. And that, they do not want to do.
Brutally, we do not need qPCR to screen out and target infected badgers. We have reactor locations and can overlay those maps with badger colonies, tracks and setts. But for PR, any cull would be a better sell if it had a bit of 'science' behind it.
Forgive my ignorance, but does this mean that DEFRA/Public Health will now be compelled to do something about the badger settes on Pat's farm which qPCR has shown to be infected?
Same for kerbs trails, worked on one the farm same at the time only aimed to cage from half the sets on the farms which was about 900acres , and was surprised when we told them about the other sets they weren't interested, set up to fail was the themeGood question. And perhaps another reason why this non invasive test has been rejected by Defra - for this purpose anyway.
Letter in FW this week from a farmer involved in a collar screening trial, indicated that badgers were trapped, tested and released. Even when positive for TB.
DisgustingGood question. And perhaps another reason why this non invasive test has been rejected by Defra - for this purpose anyway.
Letter in FW this week from a farmer involved in a collar screening trial, indicated that badgers were trapped, tested and released. Even when positive for TB.
A question that I have asked now and again at my local NFU livestock meetings is how the rest of the EU see our efforts (or lack of it) in our attempt to eradicate TB. The answers have been to the effect that they are behind what we are doing.
Post brexit are they likely to toughen up regarding imports etc.
is this not meant to be the job of the NFU ?This whole sorry affair needs to be publicised widely and brought to the attention of MP's because if this is allowed to continue then we will never get clear of TB.
Some 25 year's ago the NFU told my grandfather it would never spread and it was are on fault we had it, he kicked them off the farm and hell will freeze over before I have anything to do with them.is this not meant to be the job of the NFU ?
but they seem to be for more cattle controls while the real problem runs wild on our land and we can do nothing about it