Badger cull, would you avoid Welsh produce

[Roaring Mouse]

If the Badger cull goes ahead in Wales, would you avoid Welsh beef and Dairy products?

Lots of replies wanted even if they are just YES or NO.

Make your views known to the Welsh Assembly as well. Contact Elin Jones AM rural affairs minister in charge of the decision elin.jones@wales.gov.uk

[Dogghound]

Yes i would avoid it, in the same way i only eat dolphin friendly tuna. Its just the same.

[Gill Catton]

hmmmm very possibly, unless there's a nice 'badger friendly farm' label or something.

I'd never support widespread eradication of a native species and just can't support a cull that not only might not work but actually might make things worse.

[stripee]

Hello roaring mouse,
hard to avoid some welsh produce as I live in wales. But only buy vegetables anyway as am vegan. But definitely recommend a boycott, or even writing to Welsh producers of cheese etc and specialist dairy/meat foods to express disquiet

[ChrisJB]

Yes. In fact, I probably won't go there at all anymore, which is a shame as I like the place and usually go birdwatching there a lot.

Flippin' 'eck! Just thought, I am planning on catching the ferry from Holyhead to Eire in August!

Regards, Chris

[badgerwatcher]

I don't eat beef at all, and haven't done for some years since discovering that the cattle were fed offal from other animals which gave rise to bovine spongiform encepholopothy, as I understand it. I object to the effects on the environment and the atmosphere caused by widespread cattle farming, and I consider that the world would be a better place if we gave up keeping cattle for meat, and could even spread the milk demands among other animals as many people would welcome more readily available cheaper goats milk.
I love Wales, and find Welsh people generally delightful, friendly and welcoming, but object very strongly to this decision to wipe out badgers in defence of the cattle. I think we should all stop eating beef altogether, but then I am slightly mad, very depressed, and I'm having a particularly bad day!

[badgerwatcher]

But I don't think we should blame Welsh people.

[stripee]

You don 't sound the slightest bit mad badgerwatcher, just sensible and it is indeed depressing

[vole-woman]

I've emailed Elin Jones and said I'm prepared to boycott. No, I don't blame the Welsh en masse at all, but if farmers want consumers to support them, it's got to be a two-way street.

[Zoundz]

I cannot avoid welsh produce as I live in wales... All of our stuff is bought from local farmers etc, rather than supermarkets, and the only way to avoid eating 'welsh' so to speak would be to go back to eating mass farmed food. I'm not prepared to do that. So, while I don't agree with teh badger cull in the slightest, I'll not be avoiding Welsh produce

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