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Save the Irish Badger

 

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To:  MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

IRELAND IS TO ERADICATE 30 \% OF ITS INDIGINOUS BADGER POPULATION FOR ITS
UNPROVEN ROLE IN THE SPREAD OF T.B. TO CATTLE.

SEVENTY FIVE KILLERS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO
CARRY OUT THIS MINDLESS SLAUGHTER.

THE METHOD OF CAPTURE WILL BE A BARBARIC WIRE SNARE WHICH HOLDS THE HELPLESS BADGER IN EXCRUICIATING PAIN UNTIL HE IS DISPATCHED BY GUNSHOT, PROVIDED HE HAS NOT AGONISINGLY STRANGLED HIMSELF BEFOREHAND.

SERIOUS WELFARE PROBLEMS ARISE WHEN NURSING FEMALES ARE SNARED AND SHOT LEAVING THEIR CUBS TO DIE ALONE UNDERGROUND FROM STARVATION.

PLEASE HEED THIS PETITION, SENT IN THE HOPE OF REVERSING A DECISION MADE WITHOUT REASON OR FOUNDATION AND HELP PROTECT THIS BEAUTIFUL MUCH MALAIGNED IRISH MAMMAL.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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