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EVENTS
 Sunday, 7th February, 2010, Save The Badger held their first public meeting at Miskin Manor Hotel, nr. Llantrisant
Among those who attended were representatives from South & West
Wales Wildlife Trust, Badger Trust Cymru, Pembrokeshire Against
the Cull, Viva, a number of badger groups and, we are also pleased
to say, many members of the public who'd never previously been
involved in the campaign. The meeting was covered by both the
ITV and BBC Wales main news and many newsapers and magazines –
including various farming publications.
(Photo BBC News)
Monday, 8th, March, 2010, Save The Badger 's first public rally took place outside the Welsh Assembly Government
Senedd building in Cardiff. Around 300 attended the event. Among
those there on the day were representatives from South & West
Wales Wildlife Trust, Badger Trust Cymru, Pembrokeshire Against
the Cull, Secret World, Wales Against Animal Cruelty, Viva, Action
For Animals, badger groups from Wales and England, and many members
of the public. The event was covered by BBC and ITV news, the
Western Mail, and South Wales Echo. As the event began, a message
of support from Brian May was read out to the appreciative audience – his
message can now be found below in the About This Site section of this and all of our pages. As we had planned, after
the speeches, everyone formed a large semi-circle facing the Senedd
building and we all stood in silence with our fingers in our ears
to symbolise the fact that WAG are refusing to listen to the large
amount of scientists, conservationists, and people of Wales, all
opposed to their plan to slaughter thousands of badgers. Everyone
at Save The Badger, and those we talked to later, all felt the power in this symbolic
act of protest – we are all very grateful to Brian, and all of
you who came along to the rally to show your opposition to WAG's
policy. Diolch yn fawr. For some of the media reaction to the
event please click on the images below.
(Photo BBC News)
A number of people,who couldn't be present, have asked to see
photograph's of the event. So, for all those who would like to
get a flavour of the day's proceedings we've created two galleries
with slide shows, of photograph's taken by Save The Badger supporters Gareth Bunt, and Dave Jones. Pleace click on the photographs
below to their gallery pages.
(Photographs by Gareth Blunt))
(Photographs by Dave Jones)
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ON THIS SITE
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With the Welsh Assembly Government declaring that they intend
carrying out the mass slaughter of Badgers within the next few
months, time is of the essence. All those who oppose their actions
need to start talking to each other. We need to join together.
We need to plan a a coordinated response. And, we need to do that
now!
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
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OTHER ORGANISATIONS AGAINST THE CULL
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