Filed under: Environment | Tags: Badger Cull, Bovine TB, Intensive Farming, Permaculture
The Environment Select Committee has advised a limited cull of badgers in select areas to try to combat the spread of Bovine TB.
This is ludicrous in more ways than one. Firstly, there is still no complete evidence to suggest that badgers are actually the cause of the spread of infection amongst cattle. Secondly, there is no way that a cull could contain or prevent the spread of disease for anything longer than the short-term. Thirdly, a badger cull would be expensive.
Furthermore, the intensive nature of our farming practices today make for a hotbed of disease and infection. The only way to really tackle these issues is to farm in a way that supports a biodiverse environment which in and of itself prevents many of the problems we are encountering today.
If you are also concerned by the report today, I urge you to email your MPs. We must call for a farming system that is sustainable and local if we want to see the end to reports of infectious diseases which only cause unnecessary suffering, for both man and beast.
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