In the second of a three part analysis of the ongoing UK badger cull Lesley Docksey takes a look at the activism that has been stirred up by the controversial cull......
… Badgers, Power & Protest Lesley Docksey | 16th October 2013 … two “pilot” badger culls there were howls of protest from wildlife and conservation bodies, … to get an injunction that would prevent all protest activity while culling was taking …
Senior Gloucestershire police were questioned this week about the policing of the 2013 pilot cull, writes Lesley Docksey. But the Police Commissioner never asked about the most serious problems - police bias and ignorance of the law, and culler criminality.
… facilitate the democratic right of people to protest. Which, of course, included using 'stop and search' powers 150 times - on protesters. They spoke a lot about people … nights and all that) but somehow suspect in protesters (well, that's what hunt saboteurs …
Since December 2011, when it became clear that the government was intent on its badger cull, Defra and Natural England have been flooded with FOI requests about how the culls would be set up, conducted and monitored. The notable success of Anna Dale in cutting through official obfuscation has implications for everyone trying to protect the environment and wildlife.
… Badger cull: protestors' legal right to information upheld … | 1st April 2016 Activism Law Badgers UK FOI Protest Natural World badger-demo-cut.jpg … concerning their environment, and informed protest if they disagree with those decisions. …
New revelations show that the rifle-wielding badger cullers were often acting criminally, writes Lesley Docksey - pursuing badgers with loaded weapons on both private and public land outside licenced areas, with impunity, while the IEP was apparently kept in the dark. Strict controls are essential - or just an end to the cull.
… (and there were many instances recorded by protesters) were committing a crime and should … ignored. There have been many reports of protesters being arrested but hardly a peep … to be in their gardens; on the other when protesters were present. On this second …
Anyone working to protect badgers from culling will know of Dominic Dyer - wildlife advocate and new director of the Badger Trust. Lesley Docksey met him 'on the hoof' at a recent march - and found out just why the badger campaign is so important to him.
… I caught up with Dominic during an anti-cull protest in Exeter. Walking through the city … has simply not caught up with the numbers of protesters. "Events like this work. We get … around the country to speak at the anti-cull protests. From MAFF to the Badger Trust He …
Brian May is best known as lead guitarist for the rock band Queen. But as Lesley Docksey discovers, he is also an astrophysicist, and a committed - and highly effective - advocate for Britain's wild animals, including badgers put at risk by England's cull programme.
… to another area. I was told it was the protesters who had caused the perturbation! … the reason for the poor marksmanship - well, protesters were to blame for that too! How … a clean shot when he was being watched by a protester? Not that any protesters were …
In its report on last year's pilot badger culls, the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) judged that the culls failed the criteria for effectiveness and humaneness, but satisfied those for safety, writes Lesley Docksey. The facts say otherwise.
… the culling companies would be legal and all protest would be not only illegal but … both Somerset and Gloucester policing towards protesters could be aggressive - and … The police were taken aback to discover that 'protesters' were articulate, well-informed …
A High Court judgment on the lawfulness of the 2014 badger cull is awaited. A criminal investigation is under way on the dangerous and illegal behaviour of culling contractors. Obviously, writes Lesley Docksey, it's the perfect time for Natural England to authorise another round of culling.
… safety issue. What took them so long? Only protestors were arrested - but none charged … list details trespass, physical harassment of protesters (including at least one case of … during the cull, all of them involving protesters, none of whom ended up in court. …
Paterson's speech to Parliament on the continuation of the badger cull was not so much a masterpiece of deception, writes Lesley Docksey, as a crude botch-up of errors, wrong statistics and a failure to understand the very real problem of TB in cattle.
… Badgers Natural World UK Politics badger-cull-protest.png Paterson's speech to Parliament on …
Despite all the hype that fracking the UK will mean cheaper energy bills, it is increasingly clear that the opposite is the case, writes Lesley Docksey. And who will pay the cost? Taxpayers, energy users, and the environment ...
… do to their precious surroundings, they will protest - mightily. But why, why should we be …
British officialdom and those they serve are obsessed with the killing of wildlife, writes Lesley Docksey. It seems that whatever the 'problem', from bovine TB to the serendipitous arrival of beavers in Devon, the reflex is the same - to kill wild animals. But increasingly, the British people aren't having it. And our fightback is making waves ....
… temerity to get in the way and despite the protests the guns had their way. In April the … of thinking and their approach to wildlife 'protestors'. Look at how a passion for …
Now we know - the pilot badger culls have inflicted unacceptable cruelty on wild animals and failed to meet their key objective. They may even have spread bovine TB into new areas. Lesley Docksey concludes - its time to call the whole thing off!
… of cartridges left forgotten in the grass, protesters' cars rammed and some arrests. …
Wales has achieved enviable success in reducing bovine TB in its cattle herds without killing badgers, writes Lesley Docksey. The farming lobby is still demanding an England-style cull, but the Welsh government's 'refreshed' policy on bTB remains firmly science-based and no badgers will be killed without 'objective evidence' of infection.
… argument Looking at the storm of protest from wildlife lovers, and the media …
To live sustainably we must learn to live with wildlife, Patrick Barkham argues in his book Badgerlands. To do this we have much to learn from our ancestors - but we must also discard their barbaric practices and outrageous myths that, even today, some are so keen to perpetuate.
… many people, including those who support the protests against badger culling, have never …
In the first of a three part analysis of the ongoing UK badger cull Lesley Docksey examines current and historical data and concludes that the government are simply ignoring the science of epidemiology..........
… and Gloucestershire, regardless of public protest, scientific studies and objections …
England's 2013 badger culls collapsed in chaos - a severe blow to Owen Paterson and his Department, Defra. Now Lesley Docksey lifts the lid on the disgraceful fiasco to expose Paterson's fantasy world of 'science' ...
… about the appalling, disgusting anti-cull protesters who were condemning badgers to a …
With today's news that badger culling will continue in Gloucester, Somerset and Dorset, and take place in three other counties, writes LESLEY DOCKSEY, there could be no more opportune moment for Dominic Dyer's new book 'Badgered to Death' to appear - expertly exposing the total absence of scientific evidence that badgers transmit bovine TB to cattle.
… from all walks of life who turned out to protest and importantly, once culling started, …
MPs will debate the badger cull this Wednesday 11 December from 2.30 to 4.30 pm. Lesley Docksey urges her MP to attend and explains why the cull is both barbaric, and a completely ineffective measure against bovine TB.
… Numbers - 18 October 2013 Badgers, Power & Protest - 16 October 2013 Badger culls kill …
NFU running police control rooms. Violent 'bounty-hunting' badger shooters in the woods at dead of night, none too bothered about the finer points of law. Confused, ill-informed police bearing prejudice against 'protestors' ... It's all a recipe for a big mess, writes Lesley Docksey.
… police bearing prejudice against 'protestors' ... It's all a recipe for a big … The officers were also delayed by chasing "protestors" , at least one of which was … control room. Many accusations against 'protestors' - but no prosecutions It now …
You would think vets would take animal welfare seriously, writes Lesley Docksey. So why does the British Veterinary Association (BVA) support England's badger cull - when all the science is telling them it's both cruel, and ineffective against Bovine TB?
… irresponsible activity by the contractors or protesters. The Independent Expert Panel found … in Contractor effort or ability, and protestor activity'. "The IEP has made a …