http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog A blog about rural life in the UK, our countryside and my country life. It's all here, farming, gardening, wildlife, animals and rural dating. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/welsh-badger-cull-gets-go-ahead-to-fight-bovine-bt/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/welsh-badger-cull-gets-go-ahead-to-fight-bovine-bt/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:52:13 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=342 Just a week after Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced a test vaccination project in six areas of England, beginning next year, the Welsh Assembly Government have announced that Wales will go ahead with a badger cull. In England farmers and vets will be trained to trap and inject badgers with a test vaccine for bovine [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/welsh-badger-cull-gets-go-ahead-to-fight-bovine-bt/feed/ 9 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/britain-exports-bovine-tb-to-netherlands/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/britain-exports-bovine-tb-to-netherlands/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:37:40 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=163 As farming groups delivered a letter to the EU requesting intervention in the bovine TB issue this week the Times Online were reporting the story of the calves exported to the Netherlands for veal fattening who were found to have come from a British herd infected with TB. The Netherlands have been TB free since [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/britain-exports-bovine-tb-to-netherlands/feed/ 3 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-conclusion/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-conclusion/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 02:34:08 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=133 Who is right and who is wrong in the issue of the transmission of bovine turberculosis, the culling of badgers and farming biosecurity? From everything I have read my personal conclusion is that both sides are equally right and wrong. There has been a sustained argument for many years about the culling of badgers and [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-conclusion/feed/ 2 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-3/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-3/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 12:58:07 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=132 So what is the farming and agricultural industries view of bovine tuberculosis and the need for culling badgers in order to halt the spread of bTB in British cattle? The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) are one of the most outspoken non-government organisations calling for badger culling to be reintroduced into Britain. To get some idea [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-3/feed/ 0 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-2/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-2/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 18:18:36 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=131 In my last post on Bovine TB and Badgers we looked at the official reports on the transmission of bovine tuberculosis from badgers to cattle herds and how their conclusions differed quite considerably. Today we’ll look at the Badger Trust and what they have to say about the reports and science behind this issue. In [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-1/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-1/#comments Sun, 18 May 2008 16:00:06 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=130 The debate over transmission of bovine TB from badgers to cattle in rural areas has been long standing, with very strong opinions on both sides. Farmers and the agriculture industry wish to protect cattle from bTB (bovine terbuculosis), known to be carried by badgers (the first infected badger discovered was in 1971, with the spread [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bovine-tb-and-badgers-the-debate-grinds-on-part-1/feed/ 0