Badger cull on Forestry land?
FEARS have been raised that Forestry Commission land may be included in the badger cull zone.
It comes as Liberal Democrat Councillors across have called upon the county council to hold an extraordinary meeting on its culling practice.
Gloucestershire Against Badger Shooting Group (GABS) understands land owned, managed or controlled by the commission would be considered for culling on a case by case basis.
In the original statement by the commission it was confirmed the public land they managed would be excluded from the cull zone, however GABS feel that recent statements by commission staff confirm that publicly owned land may be included.
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Liz Gaffer, spokesman for GABS, said: "We are very sad that given the overwhelming opposition to the badger cull and the desire to maintain the Forest as a special place for locals, as well as tourists, that the Forestry Commission are considering this."
Forest of Dean District Council has already voted to refuse culling on its land. Shire Hall will meet on November 21 to discuss whether to prevent its farmer tenants from culling on their land, after a 779 name petition was submitted last month.
Deputy Leader of the party Councillor Klara Sudbury (LD, All Saints) said: "It is a matter of urgency the council seriously considers the recommendations that have been put forward by the budget scrutiny committee regarding rural practices and procedures before shooting starts."
Councillor Ray Theodoulou, Cabinet Member for Resources, said: "Clearly this is an issue with strong views on both sides. However, the council has no power to unilaterally change farm leases agreed in the past. Whatever the outcome of this motion it cannot change what existing tenants do with their land now."
No one from the Forestry Commission was available for comment.
Comments
by Harymary
Friday, October 12 2012, 6:22PM
“Is @TimMessanger a waste of space would you say?”
by stormkettle
Friday, October 12 2012, 12:01AM
“The NFU and DEFRA are getting discredited.
Call off the cull before the deluge hits.”
by eyeopener
Thursday, October 11 2012, 11:11PM
“@2ladybugs "anti cull people are only capable of invectives"
Oh dear. Did I touch a nerve?
Tim had made a mistake with his keyboard and who amongst us hasnt? I could also feel his sense of frustration even though he is on the other side of the argument, and I thought I would have a bit of gentle fun albeit at his expense.
I mentioned you as part of setting the scene, totally unaware that you took yourself so seriously. The shoe could have been on the other foot, and I could have been the object of the humour. It would not have been the end of the world, and I could have responded to you 'LOL' and as you might guess I do not mean the David Cameron version!
Ps. For those who don't know he put 'LOL' in texts to Rebeccah Brooks believing it meant 'lots of love' when in fact it means 'Lots of Laughs' Boom Boom!
Goodnight,xxx”
by 2ladybugs
Thursday, October 11 2012, 10:35PM
“and eyeopener has just gone to prove what most people with any knowledge of this subject knows and that is that some anti cull people are only capable of invectives. They do not know everything and will never learn anything because they are so tunnelled visioned.
Goodnight,xxx”
by 2ladybugs
Thursday, October 11 2012, 10:27PM
“that should read "they don't seem to believe" etc.”
by 2ladybugs
Thursday, October 11 2012, 10:25PM
“Sorry GlosResident1, I have been so bogged down in scentific evidence on this subject and also on green energy that I haven't got round to reading comments on here over the last couple of days. Will go back over your comments ASAP. Don't underestimate me, it doesn't do you justice. I have found that with many people who are anti-cull don't seem to believe that some people are trying to work out the best way of going forward.
Understand that bTB has never been contained without wildlife being culled, in any country.
The truth is, this problem has been left too long and now it is so rife in wildlife especially in self sustaining species i.e. badgers that the unfortunate culling of badgers alongside farmed animals is inevitable. If this problem had been monitored from the time when bTB had been virtually wiped out we wouldn't now be in this dire position and we wouldn't be having to take such a drastic action. Hopefully further down the line there will be alternative methods of controlling bTB but this is a slow process with many bureaucratic problems.”
by eyeopener
Thursday, October 11 2012, 10:12PM
“@Tim All those blank lines below your single line comment! If being boring gets you shot, surely you must be an endangered species.
Fear not! I have contacted the Badger Trust and they have agreed to press for your conservation.
Stop Press: 2ladybugs has posted a comment saying that the case for your preservation is based on dodgy science!”
by GlosResident1
Thursday, October 11 2012, 10:06PM
“Quite the opposite 2LadyBugs. THIS is NO way. It has been proven more than once that this is NOT the way and the eminent scientists who investigated have confirmed that. I am not sure where you got your bias from but it certainly does not appear to be based on any discernible facts. I have tried to provide facts from the science in my recent forum post but, given the lack of comment, I presume you have not read them.”
by 2ladybugs
Thursday, October 11 2012, 9:40PM
“They realise that THERE IS NO OTHER WAY unlike the RSPCA who are reliant on donations but get stuck in a political wrangle and not what they are paid to do and that is look after the well being of ALL ANIMALS which includes farm animals.”
by GlosResident1
Thursday, October 11 2012, 8:07PM
“Still not interested in the facts I see Tim. Oh dear.”