I went down to Somerset recently to meet some of the people monitoring the culls. They are there not to sabotage them, but to ensure that the rules are obeyed and that badgers are not shot and left wounded to die slowly and painfully. They are there to ensure that the rules are kept. I met a farmer who did not want to take part in the cull pilot, but wanted to vaccinate her cattle. She had to stand guard at midnight at the gates to her farm to stop people coming on to her land and trying to shoot badgers. It is wrong to categorise anyone who protests against and monitors the culls as trying to sabotage them. They are just trying to ensure fairness.
Badger Culls (Assessment)
Proceeding contribution from
Kerry McCarthy
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 November 2014.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Badger Culls (Assessment).
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