Why industrial farming wants to blame the badger for Bovine TB

Peter Smith, Wildwood Trust's Chief Executive talks about badgers and the British Farming Industry:

"Wildwood Trust is coming to the defense of badgers as they are used as a scapegoat by an industrial farming lobby determined to hide, poor farming practices, cruelty, massive taxpayer hand-outs, fraud and illegal practices that could end up in horrifying consequences for the British public.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Wildwood Trust
• Peter Smith
• Badgers
• M.Bovis
• cows
• cattle
• TB
• Bovine Tuberculosis
• Land Value Tax

[titianblue]

Finally someone telling it like it is - I remember being astonished at the continuous and unnecessary movement of cattle in this country revealed during the last Foot & Mouth outbreak and it is obvious that this a key factor in the spread of TB.

[judi756]

excellent Peter.

[debvegandeb]

I think the best thing anyone can do is buy soya/rice milk instead, why you never heard of soya spreading TB, better for you, the animals and the enviroment all round. i Guess this guy did not want to go down the vegan road, as people might automatically think they have to alter their ways and would put them off listening to it anymore , but its the simple answer , we all have to change and now is the time, we will fall playing around with nature, and milk is

for babies,

[TheBexta]

Totally agree, a scapegoat is always used when the alternative is inconvenient for those in power.

[mickygrif]

Well said Peter. We have seen a reduction of more than 50% in the number of cattle slaughtered in West Wales since the Welsh Assembly Gov. introduced tighter cattle controls and improved biosecurity. A badger cull is a complete waste of time and money.

[flashblackrabbit]

Yes need to talk about the economics - how the small farmer gets less money for milk than the larger one - and the supermarkets... Lameness is a huge cause of of early death.

But well looked after small herds do get bTB too even with good husbandry.

The cattle restrictions in the IAA in Cymru/Wales seem to be working without any badgers being killed yet...so write to your regional and constituency AMs to ask how the scientific review is going...