by Bob Simpson | Nov 6, 2018 | News
On Tuesday 6th November 2018 Chris Willamson MP has secured a debate in Westminster about ” the cruel badger cull which cannot be justified.I will be demanding that the government halts the cull forthwith.” There will also be a vigil outside Parliament...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 25, 2018 | News
Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent October 13 2018, 12:01am, The Times About 61 woodlands that are said to be irreplaceable will be destroyed by the train line CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGES The impact of HS2, the railway to link London with the North, will be...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 23, 2018 | News
George Eustice's boast that government strategy is working called untrue by vets and animal specialists. Government claims that the controversial badger cull is reducing tuberculosis rates in cattle have been undermined by a group of leading vets and animal...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 12, 2018 | News
Saturday 06 October 2018 Mike McCarthy, news reporter Michael Gove will consider the findings of a review of a badger vaccination programme and decide whether to extend the cull. Image:The badger cull could be extended depending on the Environment Secretary’s...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
Police drones may be used to monitor protestors in badger cull zones to prevent criminal activity. Superintendent Richard Hooper-Bennett, Silver commander for the badger policing operation in Devon and Cornwall, said that “unfortunately, some areas within the cull...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
By Stephen Morris for the Guardian Devon and Cornwall police warn activists as cull zone is massively expanded Police have warned badger cull protesters that they may use drones to try to keep order in the far south-west of England following heightened tensions...