The badgers have won. They have outsmarted the human beings and refused to roll over and allow themselves to be shot. It is now time to stop the the cull and put the guns away.
The tuberculosis bacteria has also won. A small proportion of badgers that were infected with bovine TB have probably run away from the cull site to spread the infection elsewhere - the scientists call this perturbation. Other species which carry bovine TB bacteria might have done this too.
It is now time to re-assess why bovine TB has got into the population of wild animals and the mechanism of its spread amongst cattle.
If badgers were economically important a cull would never have been contemplated in the first place it seems that money is the only driving force.
Alternative solutions are required. The vaccination of wild animals could help prevent the spread. There is also a need to improve cattle husbandry. Improved bio -security on farms and when transporting cattle will also help.
Luckily no-one was hurt as a result of the cull. No protestor was accidentally shot and no farmers seem to have been attacked by animal rights activists.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Martin-Horwood-Cheltenham-MP-run-badger-cull/story-19964792-detail/story.html#axzz2iReDSCEa
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