Rethink Bovine TB

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Rethink Bovine TB

Rethink Bovine TB

@Rethinkbtb

We propose alternative, more cost-effective acceptable approaches to tackling Bovine TB. We also occasionally tweet on other subjects that interest us.

UK Katılım Ocak 2012
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Lockdown Virtual Demo Against Badger Culling
Just a quickie for now until I have had time to digest properly your statement. It is my belief that only DEFRA can sort this out, but to do so they have to stand up to the dictatorial stance of the NFU. Implement change on the basis of need rather than permission, IE gamma testing, further enhanced testing and vaccination. Slurry management and the feeding of calves on raw colostrum and pooled milk needs urgent attention. Having some experience of dairy farming I fully sympathise with their plight, but the badger blame game has to stop. As you know it’s the bacteria’s abilities that make it incredibly difficult to clear a herd once infected and stays viable for probably the life of the host. Some of what you describe and I know to be true, is the lack of respect for the law within some of the farming fraternity, but we cannot as a society tolerate a countryside mafia of bullies controlling the industry, they are after all its custodians and have to be trusted. The level of badger involvement is grossly being exaggerated and for every bit of research there is a counter, the truth is no one truly knows, although the Gatcombe experience is a good practical example. By stopping the environmental disease pollution from slurry, we could go a long way to preventing badgers and cattle from becoming infected in the first place. As to passing it back, the cattle are probably already infected from the source to the badger. No disease in cattle no disease in badgers unless infected by slurry ingesting earthworms, slurry now being sold far and wide. So much the industry could do, rather as some are advocating kill the last of the badgers. We should only work with the farmers that earn our respect by taking their responsibilities seriously and that includes the preservation of our flora and fauna.
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Jane Dalton
Jane Dalton@JournoJane·
The decision was made on the day Brian May's documentary on better hygiene was aired. But an estimated 20,000 badgers - England's largest native mammal -are still due to be killed this autumn under existing licences @domdyer70 @BadgerCrowd @BadgerTrust @euro_badger @AnneatSaveMe
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Rethink Bovine TB@Rethinkbtb·
Absence of effects of widespread badger culling on tuberculosis in cattle. “The results of the present report are consistent with other analyses that were unable to detect any disease control benefits from badger culling in England (2013-19)” nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Euro_badger
Euro_badger@euro_badger·
The badger killers are all gone... #badgermonday
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Simon Sab
Simon Sab@friendofthefox·
You reneged on the badger cull in less than 72 hours. Are you going to do the same with trail hunting? I bitterly regret voting Labour instead of Green. I voted for your wretched party to get the Tories out, but in no time it’s the same old sucking up to the establishment.
Steve Reed@SteveReedMP

It is a huge honour that @Keir_Starmer appointed me Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It will take years to reverse the damage that has been done. But the work of change has now begun.

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Rethink Bovine TB@Rethinkbtb·
Join me in voting tactically to Stop The Tories, and together we'll make sure our votes are actually earned next time. Smart voters have political power. stopthetories.vote
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The Labour Party
The Labour Party@UKLabour·
14 years. It’s time for change. #bbcqt
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