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Why does DEFRA think it is perfectly acceptable for thousands and thousands of cattle to be slaughtered following a diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis?
This news story from the Farmers Guardian makes shocking reading and needs shouting from the rooftops. And according to this report in Hansard, the predicted numbers of cattle to be slaughtered this year will be in excess of 40,000.
The disease is continuing to spread into new areas and another story clearly indicates that the veterinary profession believe that badgers are the main source of infection.
Do the bunny huggers hold such sway over the powers that be that infected badgers are worth more than all these cattle? Or does the public just not know about the thousands of cattle deaths?
The suffering of both the cattle, and the families who own these infected bovines cannot be underestimated and all need our sympathy and support.
Here are the latest figures. Surely this indiscriminate slaughter cannot go on.
This is Ruby saying “hello”.
She is Jethro’s pet heifer, due to calve in the New Year, and be milked for the house.
Ruby will do almost anything in return a scratch on the right part of her anatomy [just above her tail] and if she doesn’t get what she wants can be very naughty and give a little reminder with her horns. She follows Jethro around the field like a dog and they talk to each other every day.
