Badger culling to be stopped.

It’ll sort itself out in the near future Nells, the ‘impossible burger’ & ‘beyond meat’ have plant based vegan ‘tastes like meat’ burgers that have meat eaters convinced they are animal based. So the need for farmers breeding animals will wane. That means less pressure on the pesky wildlife that get in the way of bigger profits👍🏻

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And will the dairy farmers change over to growing Soya for milk production? I very much doubt it.

Who knows what will happen, I do know that growing plants don’t kill wildlife particularly so now they can’t spray poison willy nilly. Jobs a gud un👍🏻

We back onto a wood, for many years we were visited regularly by a big Brock badger who came for his snacks. Early one summer morning I went out to see if his food had gone from the previous evening. As I looked down, he was suddenly right at my feet snuffling around, eventually and in no hurry he ambled away. A magical moment. Then the cull, and suddenly he was no longer there. So sad to kill these ancient, protected creatures. The cull was never going to work DEFRA' s own top researchers told them that, vaccine was always the answer.

Easy to criticise a farmer with your mouth full.

I tried it. . .Not so, I spat so much out(accidently😨) & still couldn’t be understood. Sorry but your statement is erroneous🤷🏻‍♂️☹️

I was watching the programme on tv about the Bentley 4x4 ,and a farmer bought one to go with the other two he already had

Just a point

I don't think anyone has directly criticised farmers have they? 

I was talking to my friend from school about this yesterday (he's a farmer! ). Very interesting to hear his views on this subject. His view is that, although the cull has undoubtedly helped in some small areas the only long term solution to the problem is the total eradication of the disease and, just as with, for example smallpox in humans, that can only be achieved in the end by a long term vaccination programme. Obviously, farmers, like the general public, have a variety of views on the subject. 

I’ve made steps to curb my meat intake. In the past, it was ‘meat with everything’, not the case now. I get the feeling I’m not alone.