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Activists against slaughterhouses took photographs of a “badger hunter” and a “military-grade” weapon viewfinder to shoot the animals.
Staffordshire activists Against the Cull were patrolling camps near Stafford on the night of 9 September when they arrived here with an armed hunter in a green vehicle.
The organization was verbally concerned and then posted the main points and a video of the incident on its Facebook page. They wrote: “On Wednesday, a piercing-eyed badger patrolman saw a suspicious vehicle lurking in the dark near a highly persecuted area. badger on farmland in Bradley, west of Stafford.
“Realizing that he had been scolded and that his plans to shoot the surviving badgers had been thwarted, he passed by us in his Isuzu before leaving the field.
“As you can hear, he was in communication with his room. After telling us that we may not take a public road, he begged us to continue with what we are doing. Those words of encouragement are hardly much use, necessary, because saving badgers from men like that is very motivating.
“He moved somewhere else nearby, to meet with a momentary patrol. Then his vehicle left the area. We will monitor him and his comrades every night until the killing is complete. “
It is estimated that more than 4,000 badgers can be slaughtered in Staffordshire over the next 4 months as the questionable slaughter spreads to the county.
The government granted new badger licenses in 10 “high-risk” spaces in England, adding parts of Staffordshire, to protect livestock from bovine TB. But activists say the killing is “cruel and ineffective. “
A Staffordshire spokesman Against the Cull later told StokeonTrentLive that they believe the massacre has a political motivation.
They said, “I think they had an Array22 rifle, but I’m not an expert on weapons. They all have military-grade attractions about the threat of extinction. We think they also have thermal images, so they can see in the dark. “.
“When the original killing plans were defined, the scientists who carried out the badger killing trials claimed that the killing of badgers would make no difference in the effect of tuberculosis on livestock, but were largely ignored, as were the scientists who talked about it. Mr. Covid.
“We believe that slaughter is largely political work and aims to win the help of farmers and the NFU.
“The British Veterinary Association has condemned loose shots of badgers as inhumane. “
Hundreds of badgers have already died in neighboring Cheshire, where a license was granted last year.
Official figures show that the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TBb) in the field of Gloucestershire reform increased from 10. 4% to 5. 6% in the fourth year of reform, while in Somerset it rose from 24% to 12%.
Agriculture Minister George Eustice said relief is in line with expectations and that the government’s 25-year TB eradication strategy is working.
He said: “The figures showing discounts on TB cases in Somerset and Gloucestershire are evidence that our strategy for dealing with this slow and insidious disease is working.
“Bovine TB remains one of the biggest threats to animal fitness in the UK. There is no solitary measure that provides a simple response, so we are committed to seeking a wide variety of long-term interventions from our dairy products and meat industries and eliminating the disease within 20 years.
“No one to kill badgers forever, so informed progress is encouraging. “