Following today’s announcements by Defra and particularly the statement made by Dr Christine Middlemiss, UK Chief Veterinary Officer, I’ve written … More
Author: ecolelogical
The Hampshire Cull Zones
A couple of weeks ago we received internal Natural England documents relating to the two Hampshire cull zones; Area 56, … More
Engaging with the “BTB Engage Team” at Defra.
It’s harder than it should be! We’re campaigning pretty forcibly on a number of fronts when it comes to the … More
Smoke, mirrors and badgers.
To: Ranil Jayawardena MP From: Nick Cole Wed 08/03/2023 20:50 Dear Mr Jayawardena, Thank you for your letter of 31st January … More
“Space For Badgers”
Badger Trust has today launched a new campaign to promote human-badger co-existence and counter the trend of habitat and environmental … More
An unexpected development.
Former Secretary of State for the Environment challenging his successor to consider an early end to the Hampshire badger cull … More
New Year, Same Nonsense
Last November I turned to the BTB Engage team at Defra to get answers to some questions about the Hampshire … More
Of how the Hampshire badger cull is being directed from land owned by the Minister responsible for bovine TB policy and the woeful lack of epidemiological justification for it.
Regular readers will remember my correspondence late last year with local MP Ranil Jayawardena and Lord Richard Benyon, Minister for … More
Further response from Ranil Jayawardena MP to Hampshire badger cull concerns.
We’ll await “the Minister’s response to the substantive points” I’ve raised about the Hampshire badger cull. Sharing this with you … More
Of politicians, DEFRA, epidemiology and the Hampshire badger cull.
Some of you may remember that I wrote to Ranil Jayawardena, my local MP, back on the 9th of September … More
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