Rethink The Badger Cull

Sign the petition to stop the plan to shoot badgers

"This is despite scientific studies which have shown that culling would be of little help in reducing the disease in the long term, and could actually make things worse in some areas." - RSPCA

“I can’t understand how anybody who’s looked at the science would say this is a good idea.” - Professor John Krebs

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The Petition Text

To the Coalition government,

Please rethink your plan to shoot thousands of England’s badgers.

Listen to the scientists who warn this cull plan is unlikely to make any significant dent in cow TB and could even make the problem worse.
Properly support farmers affected by TB. Provide adequate compensation and investment in evidence-based solutions including vaccination trials and better cow welfare
Focus on a long-term strategy to eradicate TB, not political gestures which aren't backed by the science

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The government has announced plans to start culling badgers. There's been a big debate among 38 Degrees members about these culls. Some of us believe killing badgers would be wrong under any circumstances. Some of us believe that if the science really proved that shooting badgers could make a real dent in the cow TB problem, it would be a tragic necessity.

But 87% of us agree on this: the government's current plans to shoot England's badgers simply don't stack up. The government’s own scientific advisers warn that it won't solve the problem of TB in cattle, and could even make it worse.

Government scientists say that if a cull isn’t carried out “in a co-ordinated, sustained and simultaneous manner according to the minimum criteria, then this could result in a smaller benefit or even a detrimental effect.”

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