Dorset Wildlife Trust will be affected by the Badger Cull. This is a news item on their web site and on Twitter. Dorset and Somerset share a County boundary.
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Dorset
Wildlife Trust condemns badger cull 27th Feb 2013 Dorset
Wildlife Trust (DWT) condemns a potential badger cull in the
county, announced by Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson MP, as a
reserve pilot cull area in case of problems with either of the
proposed cull areas in Gloucestershire and Somerset. DWT is
keen to find an effective, long term solution to the problem of
Bovine TB (bTB), but urges the Government to put more effort into
an effective vaccine instead of a cull.
Simon
Cripps, Chief Executive of Dorset Wildlife Trust, said:
“We
have a great deal of sympathy for farmers who lose stock as a
result of bTB and are acutely aware of the problems this disease
causes in Dorset.However a badger cull is not the answer and is
likely to make the problem worse by spreading the disease
onto farms previously unaffected.”
Dorset
Wildlife Trust believes bTB should be tackled on multiple fronts,
including vaccines for badgers and cattle and use of all possible
biosecurity measures to prevent transmission between cattle.
The
proposed cull area for Dorset is kept a secret. DWT will not
allow badger culling on its nature reserves and is currently
preparing plans to vaccinate badgers, using an injectable vaccine
as trialled by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
Dorset
Wildlife Trust calls on the Government to develop the bTB vaccine
for cattle and ensure its acceptance by the European Union.
For
more information about plans to vaccinate badgers in Dorset, click
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See more at:
http://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/article1205.html#sthash.s8KEcFzC.dpuf
