WILDLIFE MASSACRE STOPPED?
Has the Gloucestershire badger cull caved in?
Gloucestershire falls to the badger lovers?
Despite a deafening silence from all official bodies, it seems likely the Gloucestershire part of the badger cull won't go ahead. Apparently some farmers have pulled out leaving less than the necessary 70% of the land signed up. Defra are denying there are any problems but maybe they're just hoping to sort it out. They have announced as little as possible about the cull in most respects, keeping quiet about the exact boundaries and the start dates.
It was always a possibility that not enough landowners would sign up in Gloucestershire and a North Dorset cull zone has been prepared as a back-up. There have already been huge public meetings against the cull in Dorset. Various sources had suggested the cull would start at the beginning of August. Is the whole project teetering on the brink of collapse, or are they quite happy to wait til the last few weeks that are warm enough?
However if it does go ahead, shooters expect to kill 80% of the badger quota in the first 3 days of the cull starting.
Now is the time to act. Find your local sab group. If you're in the Brighton area and would like to get involved contact Brighton Hunt Saboteurs on facebook or by email: southdownsabs (A) yahoo . com
We are meeting before and after at Revival, Sincil Street, Lincoln.
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“Being raided, arrested, dragged through the legal system and having my property taken from me (including my photo album because it had a "hunt sabs" sticker on it and my notebook for my uni degree in criminology) just for campaigning seems over the top and has been pretty stressful. But it's not going to stop me from fighting for what I believe in and against what I disagree with. This isn't for ego, nor for fame, it's for the exploited and the vulnerable.” SOCPA 7 defendant - Emma
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