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 …
There are 48 mapped struggles against the fossil fuel industry in India And whilst families run from justice for trying to protect their lands, it's the coal mining companies and police chiefs that should be brought to justice writes NICK MEYNEN
… all families refused to sell and continued to protest. In the past half year, the frontline heated up. Amidst lots of protests, and with heavy security, mining … 15, some 1,000 villagers started a sit-in protest and on October 1, police opened the …
Thousands of protesters have occupied a coal mine near Cologne - the single largest emitter of CO2 in Europe. NICK MEYNEN argues that history is on their side, especially when politicians fail to take heed of climate science
… 2017 News Climate Justice Social Movement Protest Science Politics Karl Marx 405201.jpg Thousands of protesters have occupied a coal mine near …
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 …
The Flemish highways agency this week admitted it was cutting down trees to stop migrants hiding behind them. NICK MEYNEN argues that the story is a perfect illustration of tunnel vision applied in and beyond Belgium
… the EU has so little forest as Flanders . A protest group recently planted three … lungs ”. Grassroots movements Now parents are protesting in front of their children's …
Polish activists have this week chained themselves up to machines used to cut a 9000-year-old forest in a bid to stop the destruction of trees for what is clearly commercial gain. NICK MEYNEN reports
… public is against the new logging plans, with protests in larger Polish cities and on … continuing with the expanded logging project. Protests against the logging have been aired …
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 …
The building boom in China and worldwide demand for consumer goods containing ilmenite has enriched criminals who specialise in stealing sand - sometimes whole beaches. NICK MEYNEN investigates
… Meynen | 8th February 2018 News Sand Mining Protest Globalisation girl-974805_1280.jpg The …
The alternatives to neoliberalism - including a new community type of agriculture and community-owned green energy, local currencies, peer-to-peer networks and a sharing economy - are already here and unfolding right now. All we need is a revolution writes NICK MEYNEN
Instead of leaching the world's resources to support out-of-control consumerism, EU leaders could do worse than ponder novelist Victor Hugo's claim that whilst "you can kill people, you can't kill an idea whose time has come", writes NICK MEYNEN
… 2016 News Climate Change Justice Environment Protest EU Consumerism World Trade screenshot …
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 …
The Sardar Sarovar Dam in India is already one of the world’s most controversial. With last month’s decision to forcibly displace another 40,000 families without proper relocation and compensation, Indian authorities seem eager to make it the worst dam ever. But an increasingly publicised hunger strike is putting pressure on India's prime minister, reports NICK MEYNEN
… demonstrating people under what the protesters claim are false charges. The …
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. …
On 10 January 2017 a new emergency plan was presented in a commission in Belgium's Parliament. The evacuation perimeter was conveniently halved to 10km to avoid an evacuation of Belgium's second and third cities in case of a meltdown. The plan has been called totally inadequate. NICK MEYNEN reports
… an unexpected shutdown as result. Yes, the protesting former president of the European …
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 …