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Brench lived in Manchester for many years and when not on an animal rights demo he would come out sabbing. Rest in Power

Message from Cheshire Monitors

https://www.facebook.com/cheshiremonitors/ COUNCIL ADMITS THAT CHESHIRE HUNTS HAVE NO PERMISSION FOR BOXING DAY MEETS - PUBLIC AT RISK OF INJURY? TAKE ACTION BELOW, PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST AND PLEASE SHARE Following a recent Freedom of Information request to Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cheshire Monitors have learned that neither the Cheshire Hounds or Wynnstay hunts …

Boxing Day Protests

Thursday, 26th December 2019 at 11:00 The Cheshire Hunt will once again be meeting in at The Swan Inn, Tarporley on Boxing Day. We call on everyone opposed to fox hunting to join us on Tarporley High Street (CW6 0AG) to show our opposition the the barbaric outdated so called sport of fox hunting. ############### …

Badger cull falls short of its target in Gloucestershire

Badger cull falls short of its target in Gloucestershire Company seeks extension as marksmen manage to kill only 30% of population against a target of 70% in alloted six weeks Adam Vaughan theguardian.com, Thursday 17 October 2013 The number of badgers killed in Gloucestershire as part of a cull by farmers and government to curb …

Badger cull campaigners fear a countryside free-for-all

http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Badger-cull-campaigners-fear-countryside-free/story-19938059-detail/story.html Badger cull campaigners fear a countryside free-for-all By The Citizen Wednesday, October 16, 2013 ALLOWING an illegal van driver to transport dead badgers away from the cull zone is the latest example of a "free-for-all" developing in the countryside, anti-cull campaigners claim. A 27-year-old man from Altrincham has been reported for summons to court …

Natural England = ******* (fill in this missing word)

Somerset badger cull given extension By Helen Briggs BBC News A licence has been granted to extend the badger cull in Somerset until 1 November. The planned six-week trial came to an end on Monday, but the firm behind it asked for more time after its marksmen fell short of killing the target of 70% …

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DEFRA backs down on buzzard ‘management’ trial!!

DEFRA backs down on buzzard ‘management’ trial!! News just in, from Defra’s twitter account: “We’ve listened to public concerns, so we are stopping current research and developing new proposals on #buzzards” Fantastic news (well, at least until we find out what these ‘new proposals’ entail). A big, fat, massive WELL DONE to everyone who blogged, …

Welsh badger cull scrapped in favour of vaccination

Farmers and unions have described the decision not to cull as a betrayal The Welsh government has dropped plans to cull badgers as part of an attempt to wipe out bovine TB in cattle. Environment Minister John Griffiths said he had instead opted to vaccinate the animals after carefully considering the scientific evidence. A review …

Advisers warned government on badger cull

UK badger culling plans could kill tens of thousands of the animals, worsen the cattle tuberculosis problem, and put the country in breach of a European wildlife treaty, advisers have warned. The government is to allow culling in England to curb cattle TB, with a similar move possible in Wales. The Labour Party used Freedom …