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Richard Adams - "I think you are much to be congratulated on the success of the badger campaign. I am not happy, however - and I don't suppose you are - by the fact that badgers continue to be killed by farmers, who take the view that they are destructive of farmland. They are very shy animals, of course, and you seldom see them in the wild, unless you make a particular visit to a known sett." I well remember the first time I saw a badger in the wild. It was one summer before the war. I was about seventeen years old, and I had spent this particular day in fishing the Kennet - my favourite river. There had been a heatwave and water had become very low in my particular part of the countryside. Looking ahead, as I fished up the river, I saw what seemed to me a tremendous rustling and crushing of reeds along the bank. There was evidently a fairly large animal in among the reeds, and I supposed that it must be a donkey. However, it was not. As I came still closer, a badger broke out of the reeds and lumbered away up the slope to the woodland. I suppose lack of water had driven it out into the bright sunshine of early afternoon. And I can't honestly claim to have seen many badgers since that day. | |
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Virginia McKenna - “It is quite astounding that such a cruel and barbaric activity can go unpunished simply because of a loophole in procedures. I strongly support Naturewatch’s admirable attempt to bring reason and compassion into this distressing situation.” | |
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Chris Packham - “It is my opinion that whilst badger crime continues to go unrecorded by the Home Office, it will remain an area where Police performance is not measured and as a result it is clear that the lack of resources given to dealing with this will not be addressed by Police Forces until the Government take the whole matter more seriously. It is equally my belief that the Government should immediately make any crime towards badgers notifiable offences and therefore Recordable Acts by the Home Office.” | |
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Judi Dench - “I do support your campaign against badger cruelty and I wish you great success with it.” | |
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Pollyanna Pickering - “I would ask everyone to remain vigilant against the barbaric and abhorrent practice of badger baiting. It is unthinkable that this kind of brutality and cruelty against such a beautiful and intelligent animal still continues into the twenty-first century. I believe the way people treat animals is a very good indicator of the level of compassion they have for their fellow man, and would urge anyone with any information at all to contact Crimestoppers.” | |
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Lorraine Kelly - “Delighted to help! Good luck with your campaign re badger cruelty.” Roy Noble - “As a resident of the Cynon Valley it is very disappointing and a matter of real concern that the area should be pinpointed as a place where badger baiting is particularly prevalent. This kind of publicity is one that we can clearly do without. If there is a problem with the badger population, then there are reasonable and humane methods to deal with it.Badger baiting is clearly defined as a crime. People who indulge in it should remember that.” | |
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David Bellamy - “Badger cruelty is one of the cruellest facts of life in our countryside. It is carried out by sadists of the worst sort who have no regard to their dogs let alone these wild creatures. In Britain badgers are protected by law and I ask both the Home Office and the police to do everything in their power to enforce both the spirit and the letter of those laws.” | |
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Roy Hattersley - “I write to give my wholehearted support to your campaign to include offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 to be recorded in the crime statistics. The digging out and hunting of badgers is a barbarous activity which can only lead to other brutal crimes. If offences are not recorded in Home Office statistics their seriousness will never be adequately accepted. The statistical recording ought, and would, lead to a real attempt to reduce the number of offences.” | |
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Joan Plowright - “I fully support your campaign to persuade the Government to take the important matter of cruelty against badgers much more seriously; to make the persecutions of these animals recordable in the crime statistics, and thereby to raise their profile in the individual police forces across the United Kingdom.” | |
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Benjamin Zephaniah - Sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Home Office and the late Tony Banks. | |
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Carla Lane - “We must protect these beautiful animals and I heartily endorse Naturewatch and their much needed campaign.” Piers Morgan - “I am more than happy to give my support to your campaign on badger cruelty.” | |
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Harry Hill - “Just a note to say that I am more than happy The following celebrities have signed a document confirming their support for the Naturewatch badger campaign: John Humphrys - Jonathon Morris - Wendy Turner Webster John Hurt - Colin Baker - Jean Boht - Stephanie Cole - Alexei Sayle - Julian Clarey - Sharron Davies Back to Wildlife / Badger Campaign index
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Jilly Cooper - "I support your campaign to the hilt. Badgers are lovely, noble creatures and it is intolerable to think of them being tortured in this way. So very best of luck.”
Nerys Hughes - “Please help us to stop the
cruel and violent blood-sport of badger-baiting. Naturewatch needs your support to end this vicious crime.”
Anthea Turner and Alexandra Bastedo sent letters to the Home Office.