Badger cull protesters claim Peak District town turns into ‘war zone’
Camo-wearing campaigners joined a badger costumed protestor, trapped in a cage, while holding banners saying ‘stop the cull’ and ‘save our badgers’.
Derbyshire Against The Cull has held previous demonstrations at Chatsworth, and Haddon Hall.
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Hide AdA spokesperson said: “For six weeks each autumn our countryside turns into a ‘war zone’.
“Culling started in Derbyshire in 2020, after the 2019 cull was put on hold, following a request for a reprieve due to Derbyshire hosting the leading badger vaccination, however in Autumn 2020, and 2021 a total of 4,348 Badgers were culled in Derbyshire.”
The cull is a controversial scheme to tackle Bovine Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection spread among cattle.
Badgers can carry TB.