The Off the Leash Podcast 3.7

In the latest episode of The Off the leash Podcast we look at the latest on the badger cull - in other words, a climbdown by Defra; the findings of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Afghanistan & Nowzad - basically the most senior civil servants were found to be uncooperative and evasive; Dominic’s upcoming documentary which starts filming very soon; but we start with the submission Dominic and Born Free made to the EFRA Committee (the committee which examines the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and its associated public bodies) on trade with the Faroes in relation to the Grind and the slaughter of pilot whales and other marine mammals - total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Faroe Islands was a staggering £881 million in the four quarters to the end of Q4 2021, an increase of 90.3% or £418 million from the four quarters to the end of Q4 2020!

• Gov Committee Role - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

• Sea Shepherd Operation Bloody Fjords 2022

• DTI Trade and Investment Factsheets Faroe Islands (May 2022)

• Gov Committee Missing in action: UK leadership and the withdrawal from Afghanistan (May 2022)

• Vet Record Analysis of the impact of badger culling on bovine tuberculosis in cattle in the high-risk area of England, 2009–2020

• Off the Leash Interview #23 Tom Langton and Dr Mark Jones | Badger Culling Research

• Off the Leash Interview #27 Keep the Ban | Skydiving to Expose Cubbing

• Shit Lawns Twitter feed

• Off the Leash Interview #25 Saffron Gloyne | Animal Welfare Party Candidate

Animal Welfare Party @AnimalsCount

AWP disgusted to learn of these spikes in trees to deter #birds which we understand to be in Hanover Square, @CityWestminster #London. As our ‘nation of animal lovers’ prepares to attract visitors for the #Jubilee celebrations, such implements should be a source of great shame.

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