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With the cull at least temporarily quashed, there is a risk of landowners taking the law into their own hands. This is not only illegal, but will in fact spread TB in the area, so everyone should be vigilant. This document gives you some information about what to do if you suspect illegal badger killing is taking place.
The three judges in the Badger Trust judicial review have quashed the TB Eradication Order, all three agreeing on point 3 (that the Order should not apply to the whole of Wales) and only one disagreeing with points 1 and 2 (that the proposed benefits of the cull were not 'substantial' and that the benefit to farmers should have been considered against the harm to wildlife.)
See the full press release here and the full text of the judgement here.
Contrary to claims made on television recently, we would like to point out that an injectable TB vaccine for badgers is already available and fully licensed, not ten to fifteen years off! An oral vaccine for badgers, much cheaper and easier to deploy, is expected by 2014, and an injectable vaccine for cattle should be available by 2015. Nor have we seen any evidence to support Elin Jones' claim that vaccinating badgers would lead to an initial increase in bovine TB.
Furthermore, official TB stats show that bovine TB figures are already dropping - see the letter on our Press release page for more info.
We are in the process of putting together a 'media' page with music, videos and photos about the badger cull. In the meantime here are two music videos on the subject:
There have been many reports of the people arrested on Tuesday: two for 'obstruction' - wanting the contractors to wait until their ID had been verified before soming on the land, and one for 'theft' of ID cards - wanting to see the contractors' faces to confirm the photos. See below some footage of the arrest of the first two.
UPDATE: This video has been removed from YouTube for 'privacy violation' - apparently WAG or someone else doesn't want people to know what happened. We are working on getting this video available again. Meanwhile an alternative site for this video is (currently, still) the Newcastle Emlyn site - maybe show your appreciation by checking out their small ads service.
The Welsh Assembly hope to run the cull in a 'low key manner' - i.e. not let the public know about it so there won't be much protest. If you would like to raise awareness of the badger cull, this poster can be put up within the IAPA to inform the public - but only where you can do so lawfully, such as on your own land or where you have the landowner's consent, please!
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