Ramble

[cheekbones3]

Particularly surprising recently was the Government's decision to go with actual scientific advice with regard to culling badgers to control bovine TB.

The independent study on the area originally recommended that a cull would not be effective, a couple of possible reasons being that badgers would extend their ranges if populations were reduced, therefore spreading TB further, and that there's no actual proven link between badgers and TB outbreaks in cattle.

Then came (I missed the reason why) the Government expert that recommended the opposite, and I fully expected them to go with this advice, assuming it was the usual "scientific" advice handily organised when the independent advice wasn't in line with desired policy. But actually, they've gone with the original advice saying that a cull was unjustified, which it does indeed appear to be.

Maybe, sometimes the right decision occurs? I wonder what caused that. Maybe the whinging farmers are losing political clout?

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[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Aye, poor badgers get all the blame when it's the usual problems that only exist due to intensive agriculture.