tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post109581067152931972..comments2023-07-15T10:28:46.810+01:00Comments on Bovine TB: Badgers and bovine TBRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561483930556493363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-1096267644909658712004-09-27T07:47:00.000+01:002004-09-27T07:47:00.000+01:00Only his heart Richard?!!
That's quite mild for yo...Only his heart Richard?!!<br />That's quite mild for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-1096006353207509792004-09-24T07:12:00.000+01:002004-09-24T07:12:00.000+01:00Thanks Dickforth.
One of our contributors has just...Thanks Dickforth.<br />One of our contributors has just met such a (politically ambitious)sheep - Richard Sibley. His speech on bovine Tb was high on veterinary 'opportunities' including testing cattle.<br /> £70 / hour for sticking a needle in a cow's neck? But Mr. Sibley enjoyed that, and was employing more vets in his practise to do it. Did we say 'beneficial crisis?'.<br /><br />Bio security figured large - but only on the cattle / cattle side. Little or no mention of badgers.<br />Other soundbites included:<br />"No simple solution" <br />"Not in my top 10 of cattle industry problems"<br />"No economic impact"<br />"Lameness and mastitis more of a welfare problem"<br />"Marketing? - no problem"<br /><br />"Somebody needs to get the Minister to set an objective" (Why not you Mr. Sibley?)<br /><br />He had taken Bradshaw for a guided tour of his patch, but if he gave a speech like this no wonder the industry's in trouble. He'd given the Minister exactly the type of black hole to slither into that the vets who set up the Wildlife Management group described.<br /><br />Sibley said that he had asked our Ben what his aims were for bTb.<br />The answer - equally slick and selfish - was that he (Bradshaw) "Did not intend to be in the position, when that decision had to be made".Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293505337441558637noreply@blogger.com