The Badger Cull Debate is Finally Here, Now We Need Your Help
After many months of relentless campaigning and pressure, we finally have a date.
After many months of relentless campaigning and pressure, we finally have a date. On Monday 13th October, Parliament will debate our petition to end the badger cull.
This has only been made possible because of you. Over 100,000 of you signed, shared, and spoke up, pushing this issue onto the parliamentary agenda. Without your support, this debate would not be happening.
Why This Matters
Since the cull began, over 250,000 badgers have been killed, alongside nearly 280,000 cattle slaughtered, yet bovine TB remains uncontrolled. The government’s so-called “25-year strategy” is failing. The science is clear: culling does not work, and it must end.
This debate is our chance to set the record straight. It is our chance to expose the cruelty, the waste of public money, and the government’s refusal to build a genuine cattle-focused TB strategy.
The Challenge We Face
Here is the reality. Out of 650 MPs, there are perhaps five we can truly trust to speak up for badgers and demand an end to the cull. That means every single supportive MP matters, and every one of them must feel the pressure from us to attend and speak out.
If they do not show up, the government’s story goes unchallenged. If they do, we have a real chance to hold them accountable.
What Happens Next
Over the coming weeks we will be:
Briefing supportive MPs with the latest evidence and arguments
Working with campaigners and allies to make sure the truth is heard
Mobilising supporters like you to reach out to MPs and ask them to attend
This is where you come in.
How You Can Help
We have prepared a clear and powerful letter for you to send directly to the MPs who need to be in that debate. It only takes a couple of minutes, but if enough of us do it, they will not be able to ignore us.
👉 Send the letter now and ask MPs to attend the debate and speak out for badgers
Together, we have forced this debate onto the parliamentary timetable. Now we must make sure it counts.
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If they can't see that the badger cull was cruel, destructive, unnecessary, foolish, anti-wildlife & a horrendously unforgivable blunder that needs to be stopped immediately - NO EXCUSES - my last shred of belief in parliamentary democracy will be as dead as 250,000 innocent badgers.
We deserve a national apology from the incompetents who allowed the carnage & a promise that the Wildlife Protection Laws will be obeyed - no exceptions for huntscum, shooters, trappers, killers of any description.
From the day I first found PtW I have known that this is an endeavour I can totally trust - and there are very few that we can say that about. Not only is PtW trustworthy, it is also ingenious in finding ways to make the public and the government listen.
Our wildlife is sacred! It's great that people are motivated to save lions and pandas but it's just as vital that we protect our own.
I have really struggled to understand what the words 'protected species' mean when they can be legally slaughtered in this way?? It's incomprehensible to me that no other wildlife charity is making as much noise. It's great that Brian May is so passionate about all our wildlife but where are other celebrities who could help?
I tear my hair out and then I pause and remember that Rob Parnell is leading the charge - thank heavens for him!