Brock In The Dock

Badgers are again being blamed for spreading bovine TB, despite the highly dubious nature of the the scientific "evidence". Even the chief scientist who conducted the most extensive reasearch on the effects of culling called the latest plan to issue licences to shoot badgers as "crazy".

Brock In The Dock

There was a young badger named Brock,

Who was in for a hell of a shock.

There’d been a directive,

That his body’s infective,

And now he’s got to stand trial in the dock. 

There’s been a lot of tittle-tattle,

From landowners and farmers who prattle.

They say that it’s he,

Who’s spreading TB,

And causing diseases in cattle. 

So Natural England’s got a new will,

To employ marksmen with deadliest skill.

The triggers they’re pulling,

They’ve kicked off the culling,

And now they’ve got a licence to kill. 

But it could be a home-goal we’ve scored,

For Defra’s studies are known to be flawed,

Surely it’s insane?

Is it really humane,

To be putting our wildlife to the sword?

Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2012