Post by paul on Aug 29, 2006 13:06:22 GMT
The National Anti Snaring campaign has set down a marker with the first protest at DEFRAs Temple Quay HQ, Bristol, to highlight the horrific snaring trials that DEFRA are secretly conducting on live badgers.
DEFRA staff were leafleted to make them aware that they are employed by barbarians who have never shown the slightest concern for badgers, dozens of which are killed and injured each year in snares set legally for foxes with DEFRA's backing, and yet DEFRA are carrying out secret trials on live badgers to determine the level of injury they will sustain if snared.
We know that some DEFRA staff have refused to have anything to do with the snare trials, leaving only the unscrupulous DEFRA researchers to carry out this torment and torture. The unregulated use of snares by farmers to trap badgers in any future "cull" will cause untold suffering, and is vigorously opposed by the Badger Trust.
We can see how otters can be snared with another photo taken in the North East of a mink that has been snared. Let us hope the DEFRA officials at Bristol sleep comfortably as this is the suffering they sanction.
Otters also roam over game rearing areas near rivers. We are told gamekeepers who snare otters and get to them before serious injury, love to get them stuffed by a taxidermist . However, as snaring of otters is illegal, their legal advisors recommend they visit their local police station and inform them this is an RTA otter. They then think they are covered. Any police officers looking at this site, be warned!
DEFRA staff were leafleted to make them aware that they are employed by barbarians who have never shown the slightest concern for badgers, dozens of which are killed and injured each year in snares set legally for foxes with DEFRA's backing, and yet DEFRA are carrying out secret trials on live badgers to determine the level of injury they will sustain if snared.
We know that some DEFRA staff have refused to have anything to do with the snare trials, leaving only the unscrupulous DEFRA researchers to carry out this torment and torture. The unregulated use of snares by farmers to trap badgers in any future "cull" will cause untold suffering, and is vigorously opposed by the Badger Trust.
We can see how otters can be snared with another photo taken in the North East of a mink that has been snared. Let us hope the DEFRA officials at Bristol sleep comfortably as this is the suffering they sanction.
Otters also roam over game rearing areas near rivers. We are told gamekeepers who snare otters and get to them before serious injury, love to get them stuffed by a taxidermist . However, as snaring of otters is illegal, their legal advisors recommend they visit their local police station and inform them this is an RTA otter. They then think they are covered. Any police officers looking at this site, be warned!