BLEEDING HARTS

Wildlife campaigner Trevor Weeks has hit out at government plans to cull deer. He told SchNEWS “There are currently increasing calls for a cull of Deer due to a rise in road collisions and damage to crops. Deer culling, like the culling of any animal or birds, is only short term and is never that affective.” He’s calling for farmers to undertake more humane measures to prevent deer damage such as fencing. 

“All too often people look to the easy and convenient ways of shooting an animal rather than looking at the long term cheaper solutions which do not cause the unnecessary death of animals.”

* Visit the Number 10 website and sign a petition against the cull at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/StoptheDeerCull

* Or if you’re not yet involved with yer local fox hunt sabs see http://hsa.enviroweb.org