Bovine TB Blog

February 2009 - Posts

• Wipe out

  An update to our posting on the carnage achieved in one test at Trioni farms, in SW Wales. After a sweep with Defra's favourite toy, the notorious gammaIFN, as Mr. Harris was warned, the remainder of his cattle have been hoovered up and slaughtered... Posted Feb 15 2009, 06:08 PM by Bovine TB

• Stats made clear

  A contributer to the site has come across a little gem which we felt deserved a wider audience. It is a well put together snapshot of wasted cash, wasted opportunity and political prevarication on a grand scale as shown by statistics gleaned from many... Posted Feb 15 2009, 05:57 PM by Bovine TB

• ASA dismisses 4 out of 5 claims

  The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has summarily dismissed 4 out 5 claims brought by the Badger Trust, Viva and others, in response to the NFU advert shown in the press last year. After Hilary Benn's "well it might work, but then again... Posted Feb 11 2009, 06:33 PM by Bovine TB

• Another passenger...

  Even in the depths of a multi $trillion recession, there is no end of the ability of our Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to waste spend taxpayers' money. Latest to benefit from DEFRA's largesse, is the University of Reading's... Posted Feb 05 2009, 03:15 PM by Bovine TB