  
Save The Badger are a volunteer based organisation. None of our members get paid
for work or expenses. All cost and bills we incur are paid for
out of our own pockets. We do not fundraise or accept donations
– we are just glad to help in the campaign to save badgers. However,
there are two organisations who work very closely with badgers,
who also operate by similar financial principals and ways in which
we admire, but who's costs and needs are much greater than ours
due to the enormous amount of work they undertake. We therefore
would ask that everyone please support these organisations in
their work. The Badger Trust The Badger Trust promotes the conservation and welfare of badgers
and the protection of their setts and habitats for the public
benefit. They have been fighting for badgers for many years. They
also applied to the High Court to mount a legal challenge to stop
the proposed slaughter of large numbers of badgers in Wales. This
application was not allowed, but they are now appealing against
that decision. Save The Badger, support Badger Trust in their decision to appeal and we dearly
hope that this new legal challenge will be successful. Surely,
a 6% reduction in bovine TB (or anything else) cannot reasonably
be described as "substantial"!? This legal challenge no doubt
will be expensive, but every avenue should be tried and exhausted
in the fight to save the lives of badgers. We ask all our supporters,
and everyone who is able, to please click the Badger Trust logo
below to go to their website to make a contribution. We thank
you, in anticipation of your support. Secret World – Wildlife Rescue Secret World Wildlife Rescue specialises in the rescue, rehabilitation
and eventual release of orphaned and injured wild creatures. It
is run entirely on donations and runs the one of the few 24 hours
wildlife rescue services in the UK. In each year approximately
4,000 wild animals are cared for by Secret World Wildlife Rescue.
Together with a dedicated team of staff and volunteers, we continue
to care for all manner of creatures, from the tiniest harvest
mice and bats to badgers, swans, foxes, deer and of course otters.
Secret World, and in particular Pauline Kidner, have been very
active in the campaign to save the lives of badgers in Wales.
Save The Badger have been very grateful to everyone at Secret
World for their help in fighting t his campaign and also for all
the work they do rescuing, caring, and rahabilitating badgers
of all ages. We ask all our supporters, and everyone who is able, to please
click the Secret World logo below to go to their website to make
a contribution. We thank you, in anticipation of your support. If you are a member of an organisation who also has a similar
history of close involvement and work with badgers, then please
contacts us and we'd be happy to consider you for this page. We also appreciate that many of you represent other wildlife and
animal welfare organisations who work very hard, often with little
funds, and you have also given much needed support to this campaign,
so although this website is focussed on badgers and in particular
fighting against a government policy to exterminate them in very
large numbers, we'd be happy to also consider your organisation
for this page. Our thanks to you all. Save The Badger was set up as an umbrella group to coordinate the campaign against
the Welsh Assembly Government's plan to slaughter badgers by the
thousand in Wales in early 2010. It will of course also fight
any similar plans by the Westminster government or any of the
other devolved powers in the UK. Please take the time to look through the pages on our site. We will try to bring you any up to date information and news
which is of particular relevance – if you want more general information,
please go to one of the other sites where you will find a lot
of background information. We will also periodically feature the views and opinions of prominent
individuals who oppose the WAG decision. We begin with a piece
by Welsh writer and environmental activist, John Evans. This is
a must read! Don't forget, we want to hear your news, and we also want you
views. We must unite together to fight this premeditated act of
barbarity. Please contact us by clicking the link at the side of the page. "The evidence is that a badger cull on a scale or level of efficiency
that seems feasible will not solve cattle farmers' problem – that
problem is truly serious. Understandably, the feeling is that
something must be done, but the evidence is that it should not
be a badger cull." Sir David Attenborough “We must not make badgers scapegoats for bovine TB”. Joanna Lumley "I say no to this or any other badger cull and I urge all caring
people to do the same. Get rid of ignorance, not badgers.” Benjamin Zephaniah copyright © www.savethebadger.com |
