To think the BBC are being deliberately provocative and should not be screening The Burrowers now

[TheKingAndI]

The desperately long awaited badger cull pilot is due to take place this summer/autumn, which will be a huge relief to many farmers who are suffering the scourge of bovine tb. I just don't think we need the BBC to be so provocative by showing this program at the current time, with its "cute" badgers being fawned over and fondled by Chris Packham.

Yabu.

It is educational. Just because it doesn't suit one demographic doesn't mean all the others aren't interested.

I think you're reading waaaaay too much into the scheduling tbh

this won't end well but I presume you knew this when you posted dearie.

Not seen this programme but I agree. Plus Chris Packham is a creep!

I presume you mean The Borrowers.

And wtf has that got to do with badger culls?

No idea, dont have a tv, but Id like to know is any work being done to see if the hedgehog numbers improve as the badger numbers drop?

And many of the farmers I know think the cull will achieve very little.

If it was just about badgers, maybe you'd have a point. But as it isn't, you don't!

Sorry just realised I've finally lost the plot.

YABU

It's all propaganda, there's no reason to put this sort if show out.

Why shouldn't they show it, are badgers a dirty little secret now?

I thought she meant The Borrowers

bella

Yeah how dare people be interested in wildlife and educating themselves - bloody propaganda, all of it!

of course there;s a reason - i forgot this was on but there is usually a load of shite on the TV, hence me being on here most evenings, something about british wildlife is far more interesting than the usual barage of shite we hae to put up with.

Also, i get a bit fucked off with how its all seen as "necessary" a vaccination program would have been far more effective. ARe they actually planning on wiping out an entire species?

There are many people, farmers included, who have not been desperately awaiting a badger cull. And i don't really think the bbc would have been thinking about it when scheduling the program. So yes, YABU.

There's many a better way of educating yourself than watching the tele. If its a programme about badger culling then it is propaganda as they will only portray one side of the argument, typical BBC style. Why anyone would watch the tele these days is beyond me and Chris Packham is a creep - fact!

You are ill informed op. There is still no link between cattle, badgers and tb in fact it's possible the cattle give tb to badgers. I grew up in Somerset and alot of farmers are still unsure. The badger cull us political ly motivated with limited scientific evidence. On another point doubt the BBC would even consider the cull re documentary.

And some people like to see all sides of the argument.

The farmers desperate for the cull (by no means all) are hardly going to be presenting an impartial argument now are they.

YABU.

Well said londonrach

have a read OP

Goady? this takes the

Haha Mardybra glad I wasn't the only one!

They'll have spent years preparing for this series.

Only a third of it is even about badgers.

Not all farmers agree with you.

YABU.

(bellablot, it's not a programme about badger culling. It's a natural history documentary about rabbits, badgers and water voles all animals native to the British Isles that dig and live in burrows over the course of a year, comparing and contrasting their ways of life)