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Jul
English Badgers Escape Death Sentence
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We <3 Hilary Benn. And so will England’s badgers when they find out that their lives have been spared by the Environment Secretary. It’s a victory for the badgers as the government announced yesterday, they will not be issuing licences to cull badgers in England, and will instead focus on the more effective strategy of preventing bovine TB in cattle, by introducing a vaccination scheme.
Everyone at PETA wants to say a big thank you to Mr Benn, for recognising (and making public) that a ruthless cull of badgers could end up making the problem of TB worse. Not to mention the fact that it’s cruel and inefficient. As we said back in April in a letter to Welsh Rural Affairs Minster Elin Jones, going vegetarian and removing the hideous conditions that factory farmed cows live in is the way forward. However the plan in the West seems to still be going ahead. The Welsh Assembly needs to follow Mr Benn’s compassionate and more effective lead on this one.
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