Saturday 20th September 2008
Viva!'s Welsh Day of Action for Badgers
20th September 2008
Public enemy No.1?Badgers are harmless, loved, unique and secretive. Yet they face illegal trapping, baiting with dogs and 50,000 die on the roads each year in Britain. Now they face their biggest threat yet – the Welsh dairy industry!
Whilst English badgers have escaped an official 'cull' because of pressure from people like you, badgers in Wales are still being accused by farmers of being the main culprits in spreading bovine TB. The real culprits are farming practices so intense that dairy cows face numerous infections and rarely survive beyond five years old. TB tests are often inaccurate, allowing disease carriers to reinfect their herd or to be transported around the UK, infecting new herds.
The Welsh Assembly has agreed to a ‘cull’, ignoring the 10 year study by top scientists which established that badger ‘culling’ will not control TB in cattle. It means thousands of animals will be cruelly killed to no purpose – other than mollifying farmers who refuse to change their ways. Badgers could be wiped from certain areas of Wales in a slaughter that may last until the 2030s.
If you are in Wales, pleases get involved! Animal lovers throughout Wales will be taking to the street on September 20 for our peaceful Day of Action. Organise a photo call (we can provide you with a sample press release and badger masks) and hand out leaflets to people where you live. If you can't do this, then door-dropping leaflets is a fantastic way to get this information to people in your area.
Cardiff: A stall and petition signing will be held in Merthyr Road, Whitchurch Village, Cardiff [-map-]. Meet outside Boots at 10.15am. If you are able to attend please contact Derek at derek.hector@ntlworld.com or Lorraine on: 07948 069504
This is our last chance to show our outrage over this unnecessary cull, so please make every effort to attend and support us.
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Website: http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/badgers/welshdoa.htm
