Posted on the 29th November 2013
Just days after Brian May’s legal challenge to halt the cull in Gloucestershire was denied by the High Court, comes news that the government has abandoned the cull. Marksmen have failed to kill enough animals to meet even the drastically reduced targets.
The badger cull policy has been a spectacular failure. Whether Owen Paterson will continue with his unscientific, unpopular and misguided plans to roll out the badger cull next year remains unclear at this time.
Yesterday, Michelle, our Head of Campaigns, headed into London to attend the debate on the government petition which urged ‘Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures’.
Posted 29 Apr 2025
On the 22nd April 1979, ‘Bright Eyes’ by Art Garfunkel was number one in the charts. It is described by its writer as being ‘a song about death’. Two days later, the first ‘World Day...
Posted 24 Apr 2025
