Bovine TB Blog

September 2009 - Posts

• Welsh Announcement

  Today, Rural Affairs Minister in the Welsh Assembly, Elin Jones said she had taken the decision to sign and lay the Order to give Welsh ministers the power to issue a cull and/or vaccination of badgers in Wales. The Independent has the story. And some... Posted Sep 30 2009, 12:43 PM by Bovine TB Select Tags... SaveCancel [Edit Tags]

• "There was 'A wall of silence'.

  Our post below has provoked two quite different reactions. In it we told the story of four dead cats, one of which was tested positive for m.bovis ,(the zoonotic bacteria which causes bTB) and the medical authorities who refused screening for the family... Posted Sep 24 2009, 01:44 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Mrs. Tiggywinkle - again.

  We never underestimate the amount of cash spent re-inventing wheels, and repeating previous studies. Especially not where badgers are concerned. Two years ago Defra released a study paper upon which our Trevor, late of the Badger Trust, attempted a spot... Posted Sep 22 2009, 05:25 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• www.countrychannel.tv

  There is a film about the effect of bTB on cattle herds and their owners, on this link. Bovine TB - a Crisis in the Countryside. Read More... Posted Sep 20 2009, 11:18 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Constructive Ignorance?

  A comment has come into the site which has alarmed us somewhat. Our old friend mycobacterium bovis is, as we have said many times, a very serious zoonosis and as such, anyone who has had contact with either a human or an animal confirmed case should be... Posted Sep 19 2009, 12:59 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Counting the cost

  After a visit to some Bradshaw, Beckett, Benn, bovine badger-TB hotspots in the SW, Shadow minister, Jim Paice MP was up beat about a 'management' plan to target infected populations of badgers, rather than a wipe out over an area. But land owners... Posted Sep 14 2009, 01:29 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• You'll love this...

  Over the years, we have heard some pretty imaginative spin from the Badger Trust. Dear old Trevor was a master whose manipulation of reports, statistics and research would have amazed even Alistair Campbell. Nothing excaped his cartwheels. From 14 million... Posted Sep 04 2009, 02:49 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]