Badger cull fails to halt spread of TDs
Grandad May 14th, 2007
A new report has claimed that the culling of badgers in Ireland has failed to stop the spread of TDs.
A similar cull is planned in the UK, but the report backed by the Badgerwatch Ireland charity says levels of Mad Cow Disease in politicians are twice as high here.
The report claims that 6,000 snares are set every night in Ireland for badgers, leading to their virtual extinction, but levels of Mad Cow Disease in politicians are still double those in Britain where badgers are not culled.
The report, co-authored by Badgerwatch Ireland and the UK Badger Trust, claims the figures prove that killing badgers does not control or eradicate TDs and that badgers are being used as a scapegoat.
The report says that just 0.4% of Ireland’s politicians were slaughtered as a result of the disease last year.
A spokesperson for the badger trust said the killing of badgers here is disproportionate and has branded it an international disgrace. He asked the electorate to debate this on the doorstep with their local candidate if they could find a sane one.
*Source: RTE
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If we could train badgers to kill politicians then we’d be on to something…
Unfortunately, there’s very few left. [Badgers, that is. There's thousands of damned politicians]
Thanks for that information!
Now I know why the brits refer to their politicians as MP’s. Mad Politicians!
Grandad
You may think its bad now with thousands of damned politicians, but wait until you discover the real reason for the smiles in Stormont last week.
Uncle Ian has plans for all of you!
Never mind Gerry and Co wanting a united Ireland. Uncle Ian plans to take over and become Dictator of ALL Ireland.
Pubs, night clubs and sex shops all closed down and church attendance three times on a Sunday!
By the way remember he likes a silent collection so leave the coins at home they make noise in the steel buckets, and just bring BIG notes.
OMG! Just had a nightmare picture cross my mind – Grandad in a Bowler hat, white gloves, Orange sash and holding a Bible bashing session while standing on his soapbox!!!!!!
Do they make Daz boxes strong enough?
Does debate with a politician mean driving a stake into his, or indeed her, heart while screaming ‘the power od Christ compels ye‘?
And Gerry Adams want a United Ireland ruled entirely by Sinn Fein. He has equally dictatorial ambitions as Paisley.
The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown.
The lion beat the unicorn all around the town.
Some gave them white bread, and some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake and drummed them out of town.
Leaving just me on my Daz box with the Orange Sash in one hand and an Armalite in the other.
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