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Our life at Denbury Farm Blog 19th September 2017

 

 
 OUR BADGERS ARE ON DEATH ROW

I make no apology for these 3 photographs that show the wrong in the killing our wildlife, and how those who are doing the killing are causing the spread of any disease that they are meant to be controlling and causing these innocent badgers.

The first photo is of a cage trap that was left in a field after a badger was trapped and shot, many hours after it was first trapped. The culling companies licences are given under very strict conditions. The most important are hygiene and not allowing any animal to suffer. These strict conditions are being completely ignored by those murdering our wildlife

The second photo is of a badger that was shot by a high velocity .243 rifle that obviously did not kill the badger outright and it was allowed by to suffer a lingering painful death that know body knowing how long it suffered. Again against the strict conditions that those culling should allow any animal to suffer.

The third photo is from yesterdays Daily Mirror that shows a badger who bled to death after being caught and shot in the cage, it was not outright. It was found at 1.40pm, some 6 ½ hours after dawn. Another breach of those licensed to murder our wildlife.

Remember this policy of killing badgers has been instigated by the National Farmers Union, although scientific evidence shows that only 3% of badgers are carriers of bovine TB and that cattle passed it onto badgers. With the help of approximately 30 conservative Members of Parliament who lobby on behalf National Farmers Union they pass an act that is evil.

The .243 rifle are the favourite guns of those killing. It is a long range rifle that the bullets will travel in access of 1 mile. Using firearm that travel at over a mile, at night is an accident waiting to happen to anyone who travels or live in the countryside.

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Our Life at Denbury Farm Blog 11th September 2017

 OUR BADGERS ARE ON DEATH ROW

Today Defra licenced the killing of 33500 innocent badgers in twenty one new areas around the country, without any scientific evidence that it is badgers who are the cause of bovine tuberculosis. In fact there is evidence that shows cattle are the cause of bovine tuberculosis in badgers. This government has not even tried to test any of the badgers murdered to see how many do carry Bovine TB. What a disgraceful way to decide that badgers must be murdered. Why do not the government kill your dog, cat, deer and most other of the animals. They all carry Bovine TB

This government policy on the badger cull is being dictated to them by the National Farmers Union. Please Please check that they do not insure your homes and belongings with them. If they do, please change your insurance company to show them you are against the murder of badgers, an important part of our wildlife. The NFU do polls to show that only a minority of the population support the cull. Its a lie. 90% of people in this country cherish our wildlife, it is an important part of our ecosystem.

We are doing all we can to protect our badgers with day and night patrols with sincere lovers of all wildlife. We are also using a drones to watch a large area with thermal imaging cameras. Could do with more help as Jay Tiernan aka Gamel Eboe after using our field for 2013 to 2015 for refuge for the patrols shit on us and refused us help after he promised he would never let us down. He also did the  same to a farm in Devon. So all those who want to contribute make sure you don’t contribute to Stop the Cull or any associated groups. Support only your local sab group. I can give you their websites.

We are going to try to help try to reduce the amount of badgers murdered. If any person knows anyone who is helping to murder the badgers, please let us know  their names, addresses, vehicle registration numbers and where they are operating. You can also let us know of any suspicious vehicles who are carrying large cages or are unusual 4 wheel drive vehicles driving around at unusual hours. We will then name and shame them. Any person who know the cull companies please let us know.

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Our Life at Denbury Farm Blog 6th August 2017

I must admit my biggest hates are rats and mice. My mother was the cause of it, she was frightened of them and passed it onto me. I don’t even like to see them and will do all I can to make sure I don’t. Frightened of them would be an understatement. I remembered once some years ago sitting on a tree stump in our wood watching deer. I felt something on my shoe, on looking down there looked like a herd of them jumping around my feet, I didn’t hang about, I left in a real hurry. I wouldn’t even allow my children to have pet mice or hamster’s, so when Mrs Farmer showed me the photographs she had taken of the mice I brushed them aside, not wanting to know until she showed them to a friend who convinced me I should take a peek. I suppose the mice in photograph is a bit more acceptable than rats.
The Badger Cull has not started in our area yet. Don’t know what is happening because the first culls in both West Somerset and Gloucestershire have been extended for another 5 years so the Government has gone against its word as the idea was to see what difference the cull has made. Believe me, it hasn’t. People I know who live in the area and have been sabbing the cull for the past four years have seen very few badgers in the cull area and Bovine TB in cattle herds have no reduced at all. I believe there has been an increase. With the 10000 badgers murdered just a very small percentage has been tested for TB. What have only a minimal amount have been found to have the disease.  Extending the cull shows clearly that the government are trying to kill every badger. Evil bastards. And remember it is the NFU who have been most vocal in calling for the cull. There is a lot of you who can punish the NFU by not ever insuring with them.
Even though the cull has not started in our area we have people out day and night checking for traps and shooters. They have thermal imaging monocular so they are well able to check for the killers. There are also others who are watching for strangers with instruction to take photographs of any suspicious people who if they are out to shoot or trap will be named and shamed.

 

 

 

 

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Our Life at Denbury Farm Blog 29th August 2017

I wasn’t clever enough to reduce the size of our drone footage to be able to download it to our last blog. I got a friend to do it for me. So it is on tonight.

I put the drone footage on so that the Badger Killers can see that we are prepared for them. We are able to see all around the farm. If you check the model you will see just how good it is.DJi Phantom  Pro Plus. It is capable of flying for 30 minutes and travel for at least 5 miles. It has many other goodies on it, like follow me where it can be set to follow, so if we see a killer we can set the drone to follow where ever they go. Can even upload a live view on Facebook, so it is an awesome bit of equipment for sabbing, especially for fox hunting. We also have a thermal imaging attachment for nightime. Same as what you see in helicopter police chases at night. Because it is an attachment I am unable to record it. But its good. 

That enough of the cull for a moment. The drone shows just what a view the Buzzards can see whilst they are soaring. In fact any bird of prey whilst they are hunting. We never found the buzzard nest on the farm, but every day we see the Buzzard Fledgling and its parents hunting our fields for food and teaching the youngster. 

The Buzzards have a lot to contend with a very large flock of Crows we have on the farm, a murder of crows is their proper name. The way they gang up and swoop on the buzzards I can understand why they are so called. At the crows nesting time it is far worse. We wonder why the buzzards nest here, but they have done so for the twenty seven year we have been here. One year we had fourteen pairs all together flying above us. It was a sight. It was at that time that we found a young buzzard nearly drowning in the lake. It was in a bad way so we took it to West Hatch RSPCA centre that is quite close to us. They told us that they would phone when it was well, so it could be released back to our area. They never did. We always regret not trying to help it ourselves.