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To: BBC Countryfile
Stop BBC from broadcasting Princess Anne interview.
Dear BBC Countryfile, Please do not broadcast the interview with Princess Anne. Her position in society implies she has expertise and her opinion bears weight that she can't back up with expertise.
Badgers do not need to be culled and a member of the Royal family advocating an illegal method of mass slaughter is irresponsible. Badger culls have been shown to be ineffective in controlling bTB. And the numbers of cattle being slaughtered as bTB reactors has fallen due increased biosecurity.
It would be highly irresponsible to show an interview by someone who is ill informed on the subject at hand. Especially when it is someone in a position of power advocating an illegal and unnecessary method.
Why is this important?
The BBC have issued a press release about a forthcoming episode of Countryfile in which Princess Anne advocates the gassing of badgers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26888406
This practise was outlawed in 1982 as it is cruel, slow and ineffective. The crux of the issue is badgers do not need culling, the number of bTB reactors being slaughtered fell last year as part of a downward trend due to increased biosecurity.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain
Badger culls have been shown to have no impact on levels of bTB so this interview advocating methods for culling not only implies badger are the cause but that this is the way forward. A terrible way to spend out license fee by advocating the decimation of our wildlife.
