New low for antis

[matthew]

We have antis, but this is terrorism


Or maybe I'm soft??

Cute as those stripeys are. to a foreigner,,, vector control is a public health issue and needs to be addressed as such IMVHO.

^^^^^ It is a public health issue and one which .DEFRA have responsibility to control. That they prefer not to do, which is why they have dealt such a low blow as these culls, leaving farmers at the mercy of these 'terrorists' whose aggravated trespass, criminal damage, intimidation and harassment, the police have chosen to ignore. Picking and choosing which laws to uphold is not good.

We describe it as being 'thrown under a bus' having first been accused of causing the problem by bad biosecurity, bad farming or even farming at all. Take your pick.

 

[marco]

Can i just make it clear that you can report all their facebook post if you want, if i were ye i would start reporting them now. thats what i'm off to do for the next hour or so.

 

[kill]

I love the comments re finding traps via drones on that Facebook page as the last week I have seen several people flying drones at road sides and they ain't kids. Any one leaving traps in the open must be bonkers or leaving multiple vehicle tracks across grass fields with no stock as it's perfect for the "Pixes" I guess.

 

[Steevo]

^^^^^ It is a public health issue and one which .DEFRA have responsibility to control. That they prefer not to do, which is why they have dealt such a low blow as these culls, leaving farmers at the mercy of these 'terrorists' whose aggravated trespass, criminal damage, intimidation and harassment, the police have chosen to ignore. Picking and choosing which laws to uphold is not good.

We describe it as being 'thrown under a bus' having first been accused of causing the problem by bad biosecurity, bad farming or even farming at all. Take your pick.

Precisely!!

 

[Kiwi Pete]

What an unbelievable situation.

Who calls DEFRA to task, already reported these posts to FB police.
Not that they'll listen to a scrawny kiwi lad but...who do I send my letter to?

 

[multi power]

What an unbelievable situation.

Who calls DEFRA to task, already reported these posts to FB police.
Not that they'll listen to a scrawny kiwi lad but...who do I send my letter to?

DEFRA appear to be a law onto themselves

 

[Kiwi Pete]

DEFRA appear to be a law onto themselves

I hope they appreciate their email...

"Bloody foreigners"

 

[joe soapy]

some good instructional vids on how to set traps on there

 

[D14]

Problem is Cadburys could very easily side with the mass population and stop sourcing from hunt sympathisers. After all the mass population are anti hunting and the mass population are cadburys core customers. I'm afraid the writings on the wall for all blood sports.

 

[Steevo]

Problem is Cadburys could very easily side with the mass population and stop sourcing from hunt sympathisers. After all the mass population are anti hunting and the mass population are cadburys core customers. I'm afraid the writings on the wall for all blood sports.

Are they? Or just those that shout loudest and claim to represent the mass?

Plenty in life I find couldn't care less......and all the more so if not asked. Get that average person to list 500 things they'd change about the country....and most likely hunting wouldn't even factor in.

 

[D14]

Are they? Or just those that shout loudest and claim to represent the mass?

Plenty in life I find couldn't care less......and all the more so if not asked. Get that average person to list 500 things they'd change about the country....and most likely hunting wouldn't even factor in.

Yes I think they are. The pro hunting are living in a bubble I'm afraid. Majority of my friends are non farming and majority of the people we deal with for work are none agricultural and I've yet to find anybody within the last 3 years that is pro blood sports in general. Some of these people are 'villagers' so are more rurally minded than the town dwellers. I'd go as far to say even half my farming colleagues are against it as many now don't participate. Shootings been taken over by a fortunate few so old fashioned farming shoots are all but gone. What's keeping it all hanging on is fishing as it's been put into the same group as other rural pursuits and the fishing fraternity is massive.

 

[roscoe erf]

But Pete you being a kiwi are fortunate to have common sense and a practical attitude, something that seems to have been bred out of the UK public, especially those in urban areas

maybe thats where our (uk) common sense has gone emigrated

 

[unlacedgecko]

Problem is Cadburys could very easily side with the mass population and stop sourcing from hunt sympathisers. After all the mass population are anti hunting and the mass population are cadburys core customers. I'm afraid the writings on the wall for all blood sports.

You are confusing the issue. What does controlling a grade 3 zoonotic pathogen (and its wild life vector) have to do with hunting?

 

[unlacedgecko]

Yes I think they are. The pro hunting are living in a bubble I'm afraid. Majority of my friends are non farming and majority of the people we deal with for work are none agricultural and I've yet to find anybody within the last 3 years that is pro blood sports in general. Some of these people are 'villagers' so are more rurally minded than the town dwellers. I'd go as far to say even half my farming colleagues are against it as many now don't participate. Shootings been taken over by a fortunate few so old fashioned farming shoots are all but gone. What's keeping it all hanging on is fishing as it's been put into the same group as other rural pursuits and the fishing fraternity is massive.

Angling is the largest participation sport in the U.K.

 

[multi power]

Yes I think they are. The pro hunting are living in a bubble I'm afraid. Majority of my friends are non farming and majority of the people we deal with for work are none agricultural and I've yet to find anybody within the last 3 years that is pro blood sports in general. Some of these people are 'villagers' so are more rurally minded than the town dwellers. I'd go as far to say even half my farming colleagues are against it as many now don't participate. Shootings been taken over by a fortunate few so old fashioned farming shoots are all but gone. What's keeping it all hanging on is fishing as it's been put into the same group as other rural pursuits and the fishing fraternity is massive.

"Villagers" are the worst of all, at least the townies are far enough away to not get so involved

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Angling is the largest participation sport in the U.K.

And also one of the most difficult to justify in terms of welfare, when suffering = sport, with no option to put food on the table.

Fishing has become highly commercialised, in the same way as small shooting syndicates have been pushed out by big estates shooting more birds over more days.

 

[unlacedgecko]

And also one of the most difficult to justify in terms of welfare, when suffering = sport, with no option to put food on the table.

Fishing has become highly commercialised, in the same way as small shooting syndicates have been pushed out by big estates shooting more birds over more days.

Yep!

But it's a non cute fish so people aren't as bothered...

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

I think it was Dorset hunt sabs who asked their followers for road kill badgers recently. Got to photograph them in a stolen trap and claim the government / farmers / pro hunt people left poor brock in the trap for days to die a lingering death. Those go fraud me begging appeals don't write themselves you know....

 

[Steevo]

Yes I think they are. The pro hunting are living in a bubble I'm afraid. Majority of my friends are non farming and majority of the people we deal with for work are none agricultural and I've yet to find anybody within the last 3 years that is pro blood sports in general. Some of these people are 'villagers' so are more rurally minded than the town dwellers. I'd go as far to say even half my farming colleagues are against it as many now don't participate. Shootings been taken over by a fortunate few so old fashioned farming shoots are all but gone. What's keeping it all hanging on is fishing as it's been put into the same group as other rural pursuits and the fishing fraternity is massive.

Be careful there.

There is a BIG difference between "pro hunting" and not bothered. Same goes for not participating - doesn't mean they are against it!

You seem to suggest that if you aren't pro hunting you must be against it.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I think it was Dorset hunt sabs who asked their followers for road kill badgers recently. Got to photograph them in a stolen trap and claim the government / farmers / pro hunt people left poor brock in the trap for days to die a lingering death. Those go fraud me begging appeals don't write themselves you know....

Is there any evidence of that? If so it wants publishing all over social media to help oppose their campaign.