ALL credit to the National Trust for going against the proposed badger cull in Wales.
This popular organisation looks set to become a major thorn in the side of the Welsh government and the likes of the Farmers Union of Wales, which was delighted to hear its call for a cull would take place this autumn.
It's great to see the NT siding with commonsense instead of ignorance.
THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF that badgers are the main cause of TB in cattle, so it's only right that a large land-owning organisation like the Trust comes out to defend these shy animals.
This is why I want to thank the Trust for having the decency to go against the Welsh Assembly's decision to kill badgers, and for informing the public about the TB vaccine that we are now so close to getting, not just for cattle but for badgers too.
But while we have more AMs connected to farming than ordinary members of the public, we in Wales will continue to be governed by them.
Makes you wonder why we have an MP when our AMs are allowed to ride roughshod over the wishes of the majority?
I have written three times to (pro-cull) Janet Ryder AM, based in Ruthin, but have never received a reply. She has, however, responded to others in my area.
This tells me that this woman is happy to take wages from taxpayers like my husband, but is unwilling to correspond with those of us who dare to threaten a “peaceful” organised protest against the badger cull.
With so many politicians doing just as they please, is it any wonder that the public are becoming very wary about their seeming lack of decency?
Let’s hope the Welsh Assembly sees sense and stops this needless cull before they do a great deal more damage to politics.
Because if not, I doubt it will ever recover.
