This poster announces a march against the killing of badgers in England on 27 February, in Brighton.
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This poster announces a march against the killing of badgers in England on 27 February, in Brighton.
See more here.
Dear Kitty. Some blog 
Brighton Badger March
Over 500 people joined the protest, which started outside the Palace Theatre and marched through the centre of Brighton to the seafront.
John Cooper QC a leading barrister and former President of the League Against Cruel Sports, opened the march by slamming the government for pushing ahead with the extension of a badger cull policy in the face of huge public, scientific and political opposition and with no real evidence to prove that badgers can pass TB to cattle.
John was followed by Sarah Geller a wildlife campaigner who made a moving passionate speech about her experiences baring witness to the cruel badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire over the past 3 years and the need for more people to protest in the fields, in view of the threat of the culls being extended to wider parts of England in 2016.
Mark Jones Programmes Manager Wildlife Policy, Born Free Foundation addressed the march when it reached Brighton seafront. He focused on the lack of scientific justification for the badger cull policy and the need to focus on cattle based measures, rather than badger culling to lower bovine TB in cattle. He also talked of his concern and disappointment that many in the veterinary industry continued to support a culling policy which results in many badgers taking 5 to 10 minutes to suffer long painful deaths, as a result of the continued use of a cruel ineffective free shooting method.
Dominic Dyer CEO of the Badger Trust and Policy Advisor at Born Free, closed the protest with a wide ranging speech focusing on the incompetence, negligence and deceit at the heart of the badger cull policy and celebrating the anti badger cull protest movement, which has now become the largest wildlife protection movement of its kind in Europe.
The anti badger cull movement will move to Plymouth for a march on Saturday 19 March, which is expected to attract in excess of 1000 people. Mark Jones and Dominic Dyer will also speak at this event along with Pauline Kidner from the Secret World wildlife rescue centre.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/Brighton-Badger-March.html
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