Apparently we have the highest rate of bovine tuberculosis in Europe, IF! It is spread by the protected badger I ask myself why? What have they got on the continent that we haven't got? Rabies!! That's what!! So why not infect the badgers over here with rabies!!
Tollwut.
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Even as a tree-hugging veggie, I have no qualms about 'managing' the wildlife. It is just a part of maintaining an unnatural countryside (no predators).
But I am unconvinced that badgers are the concern, I think they are a useful scapegoat for bad farming practices.
But I am unconvinced that badgers are the concern, I think they are a useful scapegoat for bad farming practices.
I was pondering on "OUR" past achievements, grey squirrels, DDT, Japanese knot weed, mixamumtoses and where did the Colorado beetle come from? And I nearly forgot, is it Monsanto that are killing off the bees with their fertilizer??
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Try and get your head round this, they are chopping down the rain forests to enable them to plant and grow soya beans, what came as a shock to me being a veggie was that most of the beans are used as fodder for cattle, so the next time you are tucking in to your T bone steak think of the diminishing rain forests and global weather patterns.
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longdogs
And now we have giant Spanish slugs
Indeed seeing as we have removed the badgers natural predators at some point a cull simply to maintain a healthy population becomes necessary TB or not.
Badgers may very well be part of the problem but then equally a part are cats , which would be more of a political problem if a cull of cats were suggested.
As Douglas Adams wrote " time for a cup of tea then" .
N
Newboy
and a damp towel
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longdogs
....and a quick vaccum round the house using our 900w Dyson
N
Newboy
When did cats get into carrying bovine TB?!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/p...ith-TB-could-be-risk-to-owners-vets-warn.html
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/411501/Your-cat-could-give-you-TB-say-experts
Bit more searching needed but more information here too
http://www.warmwell.com
N
Newboy
Blimey - missed that.
Thanks for the info - I'm just off to break the bad news to both cats!
Can't believe that I'm putting up with two free-loading TB ridden moggies swanning around my home. Might swap them for a dog (oh no - rabies risk!)
Thanks for the info - I'm just off to break the bad news to both cats!
Can't believe that I'm putting up with two free-loading TB ridden moggies swanning around my home. Might swap them for a dog (oh no - rabies risk!)
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