Motion #03
The cruel, ineffective badger cull must end immediately to prevent further suffering and local extinctions of badgers, and to accelerate the elimination of bovine TB (bTB) in cattle.
Labour’s 2024 manifesto stated: “… we will work with farmers and scientists on measures to eradicate bovine TB, protecting livelihoods, so that we can end the ineffective badger cull.” On June 29th this was modified: a Labour government would continue to allow pre-existing cull licences, under which the Badger Trust estimates around 100,000 badgers could be killed.
Shockingly, on August 30th the government backtracked further: culling would be “phased out” by 2029.
The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) notes that:
Conference calls for a cattle-based bTB eradication strategy because:
Conference therefore demands an immediate end to the cull and for eradication efforts to focus on cattle-related measures, acknowledging evidence that badgers are not to blame for the spread of bTB.
Last updated on 2024-09-08 at 15:20