Badger cull demonstration to take place at Colwyn Bay
Published Date:
16 July 2008
By David Waddington
ANIMAL rights campaigners will be flocking to Colwyn Bay this month for a demonstration against the culling of badgers.
The rally comes in response to farmers demands that badgers should be killed in order to stop the spread of TB among cattle, which has been supported by MPs.
Founder of North Wales Animal Right, Judi Hewitt, said: "Farmers claim to be the custodians of the countryside and believe it's their God given right to take subsidies from the public purse. They want to exterminate any creature that does not maximise profit. They have wreaked havoc in our countryside for decades with their agro-chemicals which costs the tax payer millions to treat but can remain in the soil for centuries.
"Should we now allow the Welsh Assembly with its many farming AM's to ride against public opinion and kill our badgers because of some spiteful, ignorant, knee jerk reaction? Or should we stand up and say no?"
According to a report by Sir David King, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, requested by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), there is "clearly a link between TB in cattle and in badgers". But animal rights supporters want to see a cure rather than a cull.
The demonstration will be taking place on July 26 at 2pm outside the main Welsh Assembly Government office at Princes Park, Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay, and will be followed by a prayer by Rev James Thompson at 3pm on the promenade.
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The full article contains 276 words and appears in North Wales Pioneer newspaper.
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Last Updated:
16 July 2008 10:27 AM
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Source:
North Wales Pioneer
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Location:
Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire