Recent Comments
Category Archives: badgers
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Natural England Titanic.
Natural England chairs come and go, and today’s publication of the advert inviting applicants to be the next chair, gives me an opportunity to look, once again, at the absolute state of Natural England. Some may feel all I do … Continue reading
Badgers eat Nightingales, according to Dorset MP Richard Drax.
Badgers and their culling found its way back on to the agenda at Westminster yesterday, where a Westminster Hall Debate took place, thanks to the petition led by Simon King (no relation.) You can read the debate here and there … Continue reading
Posted in badgers, Brexit, Nightingales, Richard Drax
Tagged Badger debate, badgers, Brexit, Nightingales, Richard Drax
7 Comments
More tales from Natural Capital Wonderland: Woodlands and Badgers
“What’s the economic value of woodlands in the UK? Hmm? Come on, I haven’t got all day. Yes, you at the back there – £720 Billion you say? That sounds like a made up figure.” An imagined conversation perhaps, but … Continue reading
Posted in badgers, libertarians, Natural Capital, neoliberalism
Tagged Andrew Lilico, badgers, Natural Capital, Woodland Trust, Woodlands
9 Comments
Autumn: The Season of Maize and Muddy Rivers
“SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit … Continue reading
Questions in Parliament: On Badgers, Dairy farms, Hedgehogs and Fewer Farm Inspections
The first session of Oral Questions to Defra ministers took place on Thursday. You can read through the whole lot here on the excellent “they work for you” website. Reading through the questions and answers, three things jumped out … Continue reading
As the Badger sacrifice commences in Dorset, French farmers bay for Wolves blood
As the first badgers are offered up for sacrifice to the farming gods and goddesses in Dorset, news from France: Sheep Farmers have temporarily kidnapped a National Park chief exec to protest at the increasing number of Wolves taking their … Continue reading
Badger Cull Circus comes to Dorset
The badger cull circus is coming to town – well to Dorset anyway. This was the announcement, a not entirely unexpected one, which was dribbled out on the friday before the bank holiday weekend. A piece of news management? It … Continue reading
Defra budget takes another hit; farmers worried they may have to pay for the Badger Cull
Defra received a further cut to its budget last week, shaving another £83M off. This is on top of the already planned £200M cut to take place this financial year. The Defra budget has declined by around 25% since 2010, … Continue reading
NFU claims badger cull is working; Defra continue to “revise” their bTB figures, downwards.
It’s good to see that Labour have one clear environmental policy – abandoning the Badger Cull. Huw Irranca-Davies confirmed that this was Labour’s position at the Oxford Farming Conference yesterday. According the Cull-supporting Western Morning News, “Mr Irranca-Davies said it … Continue reading
a new nature blog 