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Badger cull

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Simon Haggis

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Heard on the BBC news the proposed badger cull to prevent any further spread of TB to farmers cattle has been stopped after an appeal by animal rights people.

Badgers are not cute and still people would be prepared to put at risk cattle and farmers livelihoods.

My point being otters are cute and it's only smelly fish..
 
Oh dear, they're off. Be back in a sec' with a radio programme and some links. I am NOT anti-cow or anti-farmer (indeed, certainly anti "Embrace a badger because they're far nobler and better than vile Man..."), but.........

Back in a sec'................



Brian May (not a noted nutter, of Queen):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/12/badger-cull-wales-brian-may


And his site - http://www.save-me.org.uk/


Excellent Radio 4 "Open Country" programme -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00syqmb#synopsis

I happen to have lived in the area concerned for many years, fishing it hard, never crossing swords with locals and farmers, or with newcomers, indeed being liked by both (invited onto committees etc, amazingly, after I had kept myself to myself)..............
 
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But, on the other hand, Colin, if you think that killing some / a lot of stuff will suddenly make it "all better", you are clearly looking for personal pain-relief not for REAL solutions.
 
that would ruin Kate humbles badger watch, that would be a real shame.
badger hair was used in hair brushes 100 years ago or was that otter.
 
Shaving brushes I think?

Brian May! Wow! I used to love causing suffering and pain to animals, but now I've reached enlightenment, and its all thanks to the rock god that is Brian May!

I mean come on people, if its good enough for Brian May...
 
Badger hair was, and probably still is, used in the manufacture of shaving brushes.*
The tb in cattle thing works both ways, the cattle pass it to the badgers through their urine and faeces the badgers do the same to the cattle. until the cycle is broken there is no way to stop it.
The cattle or the badgers could be immunised, the problem is the badgers are hard to catch and in cattle the immunisation gives false positives on the tests as well as rendering the meat and milk unsuitable for sale in the EU.
Badger proof fences could be an answer but it would involve a huge investment and would probably be impractical.
Somehow I don't think a cull is the answer but in the mean time until a solution is found farmers will continue to turn a blind eye to the transit vans which arrive in the night with men and dogs to capture live badgers to supply the badger baiting rings which are rife in most of our cities.

edit, * You beat me to it Rhys
 
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Kill them all and have done with it! After reading the Brian May article, certain things have clicked, and it has all started to make sense :mad:

I had been wondering recently why on earth the barbel in my river have suddenly stopped eating my bait. After all, it is the perfect bait, and is, though I say so myself, perfectly presented.

Well now I know, dont I? These wretched badgers have obviously infected the barbel in my river as well, and now they are all as mad as a very mad cow....I just KNEW it couldn't be me at fault! I dare say they have started producing methane as well :mad:

Paint the damned badgers white and then beat the them to death with a club with a nail through it I say...nothing is too bad for them!

Cheers, Dave.






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David Gauntlett said:
Well now I know, dont I? These wretched badgers have obviously infected the barbel in my river as well, and now they are all as mad as a very mad cow....I just KNEW it couldn't be me at fault! I dare say they have started producing methane as well :mad:

Paint the damned badgers white and then beat the them to death with a club with a nail through it I say...nothing is too bad for them!

Cheers, Dave.

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Dave, I do believe that in the grand scale of things, cows have a major flatulence problem, here is a link to show: http://www.ghgonline.org/methaneruminants.htm

You don't eat rice, do you?:D:D

Dear old Brock truly is a versatile beast; shaving brushes, wigs and I do believe Mr Boote uses their hair in certain fly patterns.
Trouble for them, I'm sure to reap a harvest of their hair, it'll require them to be dead.:eek:

As for legalised otter culls, simple just get them to cross breed with an alien species, such as Asian otters and bang bang game-on, simple really.:rolleyes:
 
Colin Gordon said:
Dave, I do believe that in the grand scale of things, cows have a major flatulence problem, here is a link to show: http://www.ghgonline.org/methaneruminants.htm

You don't eat rice, do you?:D:D

Dear old Brock truly is a versatile beast; shaving brushes, wigs and I do believe Mr Boote uses their hair in certain fly patterns.
Trouble for them, I'm sure to reap a harvest of their hair, it'll require them to be dead.:eek:

As for legalised otter culls, simple just get them to cross breed with an alien species, such as Asian otters and bang bang game-on, simple really.:rolleyes:
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Hi Colin,

Actually, the majority of the methane production of cows comes from the front end (as in belching), rather than the popular theory of back end flatulence :D In fact, I have to hold my hand up and admit my guilt in contributing hugely to global warming by that method....I sadly have no equal in that department :eek:

Paul Boote using brocks hair in his fly patterns :rolleyes:....I am sure someone badgered him into it :D

Cross otters with an alien :eek: Dear god, can you imagine...cute and cuddly AND a face like ET....every time a cull was suggested the bloody things would 'phone home' :D:D

Cheers, Dave.
 
What about the poor old mole? Seems they've been digging up some old Etonians manicured lawn:mad:
Expect moleskin trousers on sale in Primani 2 pairs for a tenner:)
 
Steve Holt said:
What about the poor old mole? Seems they've been digging up some old Etonians manicured lawn:mad:
Expect moleskin trousers on sale in Primani 2 pairs for a tenner:)
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Thats it then...moleskin trousers and an otter fur stole, with a badger hair clothes brush to keep it all in trim....all worn by some mad cow or other :D:D:D

Sorted!

Cheers, Dave.
 
The Chairman on Thursday


As ever, our Lady Guides have been ahead for some considerable time, way ahead.

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As ever,

B.B.


PS - I wish to state, however, that we had nothing to do with this - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100715/tsc-uk-climate-mammoths-011ccfa.html
 
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Paul Boote said:
The Chairman on Thursday

Subject: Unearthing Mysteries


Remains of a mammoth found in Norfolk, I see - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007s164#synopsis

Met its end after waving its unfeasibly large tusks in the direction of some unfeasibly large pet barbel, archaeologists are now suggesting...


As ever,

B.B.
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Paul, reading between the lines of this post, it seems suggestive that the "unfeasibly large barbel" was an individuals property rather than wild creature, that swam wild swam free....... hmm:D:D

On a plus though, it seems like further evidence to the fact that Barbus barbus is indeed an indigenous species of the Wensum.:)



David, on the methane front (or post rear), bear in mind the amount of methane gas that cow faeces can poduce.
I heard a rumour that one pound of cow pat is capable of producing enough gas for a family of 4 - 6 to cook a meal with it, don't know what the meal was??;);)
 
Colin Gordon said:
David, on the methane front (or post rear), bear in mind the amount of methane gas that cow faeces can poduce.
I heard a rumour that one pound of cow pat is capable of producing enough gas for a family of 4 - 6 to cook a meal with it, don't know what the meal was??;);)
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Rump steak?

:D:D

Cheers, Dave.
 
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