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ACTION ALERT! CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE SLAUGHTER OF OUR BADGERS

ACTION ALERT! -  MAXIMUM PUBLICITY -  ALL E-MAIL LISTS AND GLOBAL NETWORKS

‘Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you.
Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything’.
Harry S. Truman

The locations of pilot areas where the shooting of badgers will take place was this week leaked to the media. It is now vital that we give maximum effort to taking the battle to the politicians and the press. This fight will only be won by huge effort which is coordinated nationwide and by involving overseas contacts too. We need to get the message out direct to the public. If we do not win this fight to protect our badgers then it will spell disaster for all British wildlife. Make no mistake, this fight must be won! The CLOCK IS TICKING!

Here are bullet points which should be used in direct campaigning and in letters to MPs, Ministers, the press/media phone ins etc..

1. The government and farmers are playing politics with OUR badgers.

2. It will take 9 years to achieve the government's estimated 12-16% reduction in cattle TB by killing badgers.

3. Expert opinion believes that the proposed cull will actually make cattle TB worse, not better.

4. Much of the culling methodology is untried and untested.

5. There will be scores of shooters hunting badgers at night in the culling areas. This is a serious public safety issue, apart from the inherent risks of wounding badgers. Stalking rifle bullets can travel up to three miles if they miss their target .

6. Even the government's own optimistic cost-benefit analysis shows that culling will cost farmers more than it saves.

7. Cattle and badger vaccines will be available in the next few years. Why start culling now?

8. Improved measures to stop TB spreading among cattle are far more important than killing badgers.

 

USE THE HEADINGS BELOW ON YOUR CAMPAIGN MATERIALS ETC FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT. WE MUST GET THESE KEY MESSAGES ACROSS TO THE PUBLIC. THE MEDIA WILL NOT DO IT FOR US!

PLAYING POLITICS WITH OUR BADGERS

GAMBLING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY

IGNORING PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

RECKLESS

FLAWED

DANGEROUS

CRUEL

 

WRITE TO YOUR MP TODAY (ALL PARTIES), EVEN IF YOU HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, ASK FOR A PROPER REPLY TO YOUR POINTS AND NOT CUT AND PASTE REPLIES THAT DO NOT ADDRESS THE ITEMS ABOVE.

http://www.writetothem.com/

IMPORTANT:PLEASE ALSO SEND A COPY OF YOUR E MAIL TO YOUR MP TO YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.

PLEASE WRITE NOW TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND ASK ALL INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS TO DO THE SAME (please keep all messages polite)

 

Rt.Hon. Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister
leader@libdems.org.uk

Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP
caroline@carolinespelman.com

The Rt. Hon. James Paice MP
james.paice.mp@parliament.uk

 

WRITE TO YOUR LOCAL COUNCILLORS. (http://www.writetothem.com/)

We must stress to Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors that badger killing will cost them votes across the board. They must put the pressure on for the policy to be reversed by their parties nationally. Please write to your councillor (no matter what party) so they all know the level of public anger.

Please also run a campaign stall against the cull in your local towns. It does not matter what part of the country you are in.

Our opponents will not rest until they have launched an all out war against the badger population. This is a defining moment and we must fight like never before to win the day for OUR badgers and OUR wildlife.

Many thanks

Chris

Chris Gale
07840 529218

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