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15-04-2011, 07:23 AM
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| | | Re: The Big Society Badger Kill
Hopefully they realize sooner rather than later that this isnt going to reduce rates of tb. |
15-04-2011, 07:41 AM
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| | | Re: The Big Society Badger Kill
I wish someone would sort the issue of getting cattle vaccinated (ok it's not 100% guarantee against tb) but it would be a start.
All mammals can carry tb- so are they going to eradicate everything?
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15-04-2011, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by nightshade  | It's the 21st century. Many of us are trying to balance our lifeslyles with the wildlife we share this planet with. So surely there is a better way to sort this alleged problem other than by starting a killing spree?
And as I have said elsewhere, if badgers are a source of Bovine TB, then I do have great sympathy with cattle farmers. I enjoy the beef they produce enormously, and want them to be able to get a reasonable living out of producing it.
But have all alternatives to slaughter really been looked at?
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15-04-2011, 12:25 PM
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| | | Re: The Big Society Badger Kill
I thought they were developing a vaccine for badgers - anyone know what is happening with that?
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21-04-2011, 02:15 PM
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| | | Re: The Big Society Badger Kill
We have a licensed injectable vaccine for badgers, and have done since April last year, which is being used in Stroud and will soon be used by the National Trust.
An oral vaccine (much cheaper to use, although even the injectable vaccine is cheaper to deploy than a cull) has been developed, and Irish clinical trials should be completed next year. The UK haven't even started such trials, AIUI, so we won't be able to deploy the oral vaccine widely until at least 2015.
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21-04-2011, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogghound Hopefully they realize sooner rather than later that this isnt going to reduce rates of tb. | Based on the current research it will make things worse! In the end it has more to do with pesky badgers digging up their land than bTB   | | |
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