Following an item on this morning's Farming Today about a Cornish farmer worried about intimidation by badger protection campaigners. It would be nice if the BBC stuck to facts and stopped broadcasting anecdotal claims by anonymous farmers:- Re Badger Culls, Interference with culls by badger protection campaigners I've campaigned...
This poor badger was a sad discovery in the first few days of this year’s culls. It wasn’t in Dorset, but the grisly find is a shocking reminder of the reality of the badger culls everywhere. He had suffered an injury so severe that his foreleg was almost severed....
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched a Crowdfunder campaign to establish a ‘WildHub’ for children at its Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve in Dorset. DWT urgently needs to raise £2,000 by 21st September through Crowdfunder in order to release a further £2,000 of funds from another donor. The creation of the...
With another round of badger-slaughter starting through most of Dorset and into South Somerset, badger protection campaigners have issued a challenge to theDorsetbranch of the National Farmers Union. Dorset for Badger and Bovine Welfare member Andy Hamilton explained “The outgoing Chairman of Dorset NFU, Trevor Cligg is a leading...
This farm, though not in Dorset, is nevertheless typical of many cattle farms I've seen during years of rambling throughout Dorset and nearby counties. A complete disregard of even the most basic government-recommended measures for restricting the spread of TB in cattle! This farm has had a recent TB...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is shocked and saddened to hear the announcement that the areas where badger culling will take place in Dorset this year will be substantially increased. DWT is deeply concerned that the Government continue to go against scientific advice which states that badger culling is unlikely...
Balloons float up into the air and disappear from your thoughts, but not from the environment. Instead of releasing balloons into the environment, why not try a wildlife friendly alternative? Beach litter surveys organised by the Marine Conservation Society have shown that the number of balloons and balloon pieces...
As soon as we turn the calendar page over from July to August it seems the days start to shorten faster and there is a definite change to the morning air. If we notice it from the shelter of our warm, lit homes then you can be certain our...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has received a visit from Sir Peter Luff, the Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), Stephen Boyce, Chair of the HLF South West Committee, and John Glen,Arts, Heritage and Tourism Minister, to celebrate the success of DWT’s National Lottery funded projects including The Great...
With another round of badger culls about to start across most of the county, Dorset residents might find my Beginner's Guide to the Government's Badger Control Policy useful:- 1. Ignore scientific advice 2. Ignore the British Veterinary Association who oppose the cruelty of free-shooting 3. Kill thousands of badgers...
