ronttuk Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5401266.stm will they be our next quarry?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 If badgers ever become "open season" i'll eat my Tikka! ct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 If badgers ever became quarry I would imagine you would need to apply for a licence from DEFRA. I have a pathelogical hate of the things because of what they do to our animals. I would more than happily take a few with the 12 bore with BB's at close range if we were allowed. FM (the would be badger basher) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 If badgers ever became quarry I would imagine you would need to apply for a licence from DEFRA. I have a pathelogical hate of the things because of what they do to our animals. I would more than happily take a few with the 12 bore with BB's at close range if we were allowed. FM (the would be badger basher) C'mon, ANY animal that eats other animals is going to cause trouble if the numbers are big enough! It's all about CONSERVATION not EXTERMINATION! If there were only a few rabbits or pigeons or whatever left on your shoot would you hunt them to extinction? I hate magpies but even i would leave a breeding pair if I could. Not a dig at you directly but more towards the "if it moves shoot it" cowboys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I agree but it is rather unerving having a wood full of badger sets right by your chicken pens. I would be more than happy to leave them alone if it wasn't for the damage they cause. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Here`s a new slant on things http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/displayNode.j...tentPK=15560506 RSPCA don`t trust èm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I agree but it is rather unerving having a wood full of badger sets right by your chicken pens. I would be more than happy to leave them alone if it wasn't for the damage they cause. FM Whose idea was it to put the chicken pens near the sets? Some of those sets are hundreds of years old and it might be a case of they were there first! However I can see that a farmers livlehood is of great importance so at the same time I can sympathise, not an enviable position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I can ensure you our chickens have been there longer than the sets. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I can ensure you our chickens have been there longer than the sets. FM Fair enough, in which case I sympathise. Hard call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I know of research that was done on a pair of shooting estates years ago funded by the RSPB, On one badgers were controlled and on the other they weren't. On the one where they were there was a massive resurgence in ground nesting birds. Sadly the research got burried as it was decided their members wouldn't like to be seen siding with the killing badgers argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Trouble with the RSPCA/B is their 'total ban' attitude. If anything reaches 'plague' proportions and is causing harm to it's environment or the environment of others (raptors on the grouse moors, elephants in Africa, human b***** beings etc) then it should be culled back but NOT eliminated. By refusing to meet the problem/s part way all these well meaning organisations are doing is compounding them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 In fairness I know the RSPB do cull foxes and corvids on their reserves if they are being a problem. I was speaking to one guy on an RSPB stand about shooting and he said he had been out recently lamping foxes on a reserve in Somerset. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 BBC were showing a story today that stated after much research cattle were spreading TB not badgers LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 BBC were showing a story today that stated after much research cattle were spreading TB not badgers LB yes i saw that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 In areas where TB is high over here in cattle heards, intesive badger culling takes place and within a few months, the TB has gone. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country_est Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 If badgers ever become "open season" i'll eat my Tikka! ct Its getting late I am speed reading this BUT I had to stop and check, I thought he meant he would eat his Bagders Tikka Masala Style... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 In areas where TB is high over here in cattle heards, intesive badger culling takes place and within a few months, the TB has gone. Frank. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 In fairness I know the RSPB do cull foxes and corvids on their reserves if they are being a problem. I was speaking to one guy on an RSPB stand about shooting and he said he had been out recently lamping foxes on a reserve in Somerset. I didn't realise they did that. On another reserve they have been happy (well probably not happy, say willing) to let foxes attack hen harrier nests for at least two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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