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“At a time of crisis for biodiversity, it cannot be right to treat our precious wildlife with such distain.” ~ Dr Mark Jones.

New figures reveal almost 20,000 badgers were killed under licence in 2023, bringing the total since 2013 to over 230,000. ⬇️

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The Conservative Govt wants to shoot more and more wild badgers at night from distance causing prolonged suffering and agony for this iconic species.

The badger cull is senseless and flies in the face of science. It must end.

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Shooting more and more badgers dead is not the solution to tackling the spread of tBT in cattle.

The dairy industry needs to fix its bio security, stop moving infected dairy cows around the country, and work to stop cattle-to-cattle transmission – not demonise badgers.

New Government figures reveal almost 20,000 badgers killed under licence in 2023, bringing the total since 2013 to more than 230,000 bornfree.org.uk/news/badger-cu…

Lawyers write to Defra over ‘unlawful’ badger cull consultation mrcvs.co.uk/en/news/23394/

In 2023 the government licensed the killing of almost 20,000 more badgers, bringing the total since 2013 to more than 230,000. Over three quarters killed using a demonstrably inhumane method, and with no clear benefit for TB in cattle. Shameful

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Killing over half the wild population of badgers when they are not the primary cause of disease in the cattle herd is a scandal and an ecological disaster.

It’s time we demand our policymakers protect nature, not attack it > buff.ly/3T4QsnT
#EndtheCull #BadgerMonday

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