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Powers sought for badger cull
BBC ^
| 30 September 2009
| staff reporter
Posted on 09/30/2009 6:44:52 PM PDT by Daffynition
A cull of badgers in Wales to eradicate bovine TB has moved a step nearer after the rural affairs minister began the next stage of the legal process.
Elin Jones said she will sign an Order which will give Welsh ministers the powers to implement a cull.
It comes after £25m was paid to farmers whose 12,000 cattle were put down after contracting TB in 2008.
But opposition groups to the plans say a cull of badgers will not stop the spread of the disease.
A public consultation where 741 people responded showed 50% were opposed to a cull.
However, 49% said a cull could help eradicate bovine TB if carried out alongside other cattle measures.
Any cull is unlikely before April.
Ms Jones said more preparatory work was needed to decide on an area in north Pembrokeshire where a proposed cull could take place.
She said land owners and badgers setts in the area would need to be identified first "to give farmers the information they crave about who's in and who's out".
She said she expected to have that information in the near future.
She added that the cull could not happen between January and April as there was a risk of leaving young badgers without a mother.
The minister announced in March that any cull would involve trapping the badgers in cages and shooting them.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: badger
To: Daffynition
To: Daffynition
Gad, I must be bored.
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09/30/2009 6:50:31 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
("Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:51:49 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Daffynition
We don't need no stinking badgers!
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:53:49 PM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:54:03 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: LearsFool
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posted on
09/30/2009 7:17:10 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: the invisib1e hand
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posted on
09/30/2009 7:59:06 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/30/2009 8:00:04 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: LearsFool
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posted on
09/30/2009 8:01:09 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/30/2009 8:04:24 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/30/2009 8:06:38 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/30/2009 8:15:01 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/30/2009 10:02:55 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/30/2009 10:10:23 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: JRios1968
LOL ... I can't believe I clicked that ... I should have known you'd trick me.
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posted on
09/30/2009 10:14:15 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/01/2009 5:34:21 AM PDT
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JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: JRios1968
Yez you duz ...playz it fer all itz wurth.
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posted on
10/01/2009 5:40:16 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
Powers sought for badger cull
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posted on
10/01/2009 6:02:51 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: JRios1968
Darn hippie!
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10/01/2009 6:33:57 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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