Sad day for badgers

The badger cull begins today and it’s a sad and cruel time for these beautiful wild creatures.  A vaccine is available and there are plenty of volunteers who will ensure that it is given.   Once again, money and the farming lobby is given priority over wildlife.   Milk production in this country is a huge industry with ‘factory farms’ on the agenda.

Why do we need all this milk?   Cow’s milk is intended for calves and there is debate over whether it is good for humans anyway.   A cow is a maternal animals but when her calf is born it is taken away so that she can be machine milked for the supermarket chains.    She will never see her calf again.   Cows are forced into higher and higher milk production and instead of a long life they are worn out within a few years and then are slaughtered.

Whilst once milk was a rich food source for malnourished, starving children, it is not necessary today.   We have become used to buying these cartons of cow’s mammary secretions though.   The badgers are being slaughtered so that milk can go on being produced and farmers can make money from the poor cows.

Please pray for the badgers and for the cows, most of whom have such an unnatural life.