I remember a day when it was exciting to even know  that Badgers could be found in the countryside nearby but now farmers are being allowed to  cull them.  I do not want to live in a country where the wildlife is culled.  This is a politically correct way  of saying killed…… yes the government has decided to allow farmers to shoot and kill  them.  This is a disgusting state of affairs. The Badger is a protected species and should remain protected. The Badger is blamed for being a vector of Bovine TB but the way I see it is that the cattle are responsible for the passing of this disease to the Badger. Badgers were here first.  The dairy industry in the UK uses the land that already existed and has  manipulated the environment to accommodate dairy cattle which have been artificially created to produce unnaturally huge amounts of milk. Dairy products are an unnatural part of the diet and unnecessary, I am lactose intolerant and soya is a perfect substitute so we don't even need a dairy industry.  Farmers could quite easily make a living producing soya.   Dairy cattle are kept in disgusting overcrowded conditions.  Farmers bleat when their cattle become contaminated and have to be destroyed but don't bat an eyelid when they kill day old calves on a daily basis, or cull barren cows who cannot conceive.  Further more, they are adequately compensated when the infected cows are "taken out". They are in the business of slaughtering livestock as a matter of routine and it is somewhat hypocritical to claim to be upset when a dairy cow has to be killed a little bit earlier in spite of the fact that they are very generously compensated by the tax payer, yes that's me and you.    The government has decided to allow the culling of Badgers.  I am absolutely and totally  opposed to the culling of Badgers. I will not enter in to, or accept opposition to my views on this matter so please do not bother to comment in a negative way here on the blog.  However if you are a decent human being and you also object then please sign the petition by clicking here   It will take just a few seconds.  I believe that in Wales, vaccination is being undertaken, why cant we do that here in England or even more sensibly, vaccinate the cattle. Please do not kill the Badgers, they do not belong to farmers or the government, nor me or you and we have no right whatsoever to try to try to eradicate them.