tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post8955677534247229850..comments2024-03-28T08:42:27.454+00:00Comments on thequacksoflife: The Badger andThe death of the Leylandii?The Quacks of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165918541194607143noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-38289956304197652032008-07-08T15:06:00.000+01:002008-07-08T15:06:00.000+01:00According to all the proper scientific evidence I'...According to all the proper scientific evidence I've seen, a badger cull would make the problem worse (if badgers even cause TB in cattle in the first place) because once members of their family get killed, infected badgers tend to move on.<BR/><BR/>But farmers want something to blame, and badgers are easy. Much easier to shoot some badgers than to vaccinate cows, stop moving cows which haven't been health-checked around the country and worry about hygiene, etc.Robbiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528997485488258141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-3304801812239060062008-07-08T14:41:00.000+01:002008-07-08T14:41:00.000+01:00I think Leylandii is quite attractive actually, an...I think Leylandii is quite attractive actually, and very popular as a nesting site too esp. for blackbirds and dunnocks. I was thinking about planting a mixed hedge but realise it will take many years, so may opt for Leylandii instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-5820964757025011762008-07-08T13:29:00.000+01:002008-07-08T13:29:00.000+01:00The farmers here will be well chuffed that the bad...The farmers here will be well chuffed that the badger cull is going ahead. They won't be satisfied though until anything that moves and doesn't earn them money is eradicated from the face of the earth. <BR/><BR/>There will be one less badger to be murdered here anyway, there was one poor bugger run over in the road at the entrance to the farm track on Saturday morning. Picked him up and put him in the field to save something else being run over whilst they fed on him, but nothing has touched him so far....Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651807465859935301noreply@blogger.com