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Day of Action for badgers on Saturday, November 27

Consultations close in December (8th in England and 17th in Wales) – Act Now!

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Both English and Welsh badgers are under imminent threat from stupidity and political dealing. These wild animals are the unwitting pawns in one of the biggest scandals and cover-ups in recent memory. They are being blamed for the spread of bovine TB, when, in-fact, the biggest culprits are farmers themselves and years of agricultural incompetence.

Currently, in both countries, there is an on-going public consultation to gauge the strength-of-feeling for or against a ‘cull’. In England, government minister Jim Paice is actively trying to get as many people as possible to write in to support the mass slaughter of badgers.

This is why it is of the upmost importance that we make a concerted effort not to allow them to presume there is a public mandate for this. In the worst case scenario, if more people respond to the consultation in favour of ‘culling’ than against it then the battle is lost for British wildlife.

That is why we are calling an emergency Day of Action for badgers on Saturday, November 27. The aim of the Day is to get as many people as possible to sign their objection to a ‘cull’ in England and/or Wales. This could mean going out on the streets to get people to sign our postcards to the government; to getting everyone you know to sign them (taking a bunch into work, or school, or wherever!). To make it easier, people can either sign them and send them off themselves, or give them back to you to send to us and we’ll send them in to the government en masse!

We can also supply posters and badger masks for photo calls. Plus we are printing a new door-dropper leaflet to alert the public about this whole scam – and educate them about the real reason why badgers are ear-marked for death: to protect the meat and dairy industries. If you are not in England or Wales you can still get involved and respond to the consultation.

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Celebrity quotes

TV wildlife presenter and Viva! patron Wendy Turner-Webster

"The culling of badgers is absolutely obscene. The largest ever study found that it would make things things worse not better, yet they still push ahead towards the meaningless destruction of our wildlife. Please help Viva! stop this madness by ending the cull and helping people give up the very things that are at the root of it: meat and dairy."

Jenny Seagrove

“Now farmers will realise the strength of the science and will recognise that culling has no part to play. They should now objectively, alongside government, consider the cattle control elements that we all know are absolutely essential as outlined in our report.”

Professor John Bourne, chairman of the Independent Scientific Group

"Culling badgers is historically known to be totally ineffective in stopping bovine TB. Northern Ireland has proved that the most effective procedures are strict cattle controls and no culling. We should all follow their lead- It works!"

Joanna Lumley

“We must not make badgers scapegoats for bovine TB”.

Jenny Seagrove

Twiggy

“How can we condemn a protected species to death when the reasons for doing so have been discredited by valid scientific evidence? Badger culling is utterly barbaric and pointless. Please support Viva! in their fight to stop this needless massacre of our precious wildlife.”

Benjamin Zephaniah

“Deep down anyone with common sense knows that killing animals is wrong, but what makes the idea of culling badgers even more sinister is that it’s being done in order to cover up bad farming practices and lazy testing methods. I don’t want to stand by knowing that these great creatures are suffering and being killed, but I also don’t want to see a time in the future when we look back and wonder how we let another group of our animals disappeared from our country.

I say no to this or any other badger cull and I urge all caring people to do the same. Get rid of ignorance, not badgers.”

Rose Elliot

“I totally support Viva! in their campaign to stop the badger cull which is both obscene and unnecessary since top scientists say it will only make the spread of TB in cattle worse.”