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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Fri Apr 4, 2014, 08:30 AM Apr 2014

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Badgers should be gassed, says Princess Anne

Princess Anne has prompted more anger from animal welfare campaigners by calling for an end to a ban on gassing badgers.

The princess royal waded into the controversy over the badger cull by claiming that gassing the animals was the most humane way of tackling the rise of tuberculosis in cattle.

She made the remarks to the BBC's Countryfile programme to be broadcast on Sunday. In the interview Princess Anne also repeated a much-criticised call she made last year for horses to be farmed for their meat, according to the Radio Times.

Her latest comments were dismissed by experts as ill-informed and were rounded on by the animal rights lobby.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/04/badgers-should-be-gassed-princess-anne-cull

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Badgers should be gassed, says Princess Anne (Original Post) dipsydoodle Apr 2014 OP

Horrid woman dorkzilla Apr 2014 #1

No-one with an uncle who was an Oberführer in the SS should adovcate gassing muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #2

Whoops-I thought you said "Baggers" N/T catnhatnh Apr 2014 #3

Princess Anne should stop making pronouncements about things that she knows nothing about... LeftishBrit Apr 2014 #4

To be fair she is Prince Phillip's daughter mackerel Apr 2014 #5

She is the least likeable member of the royal pennylane100 Apr 2014 #6

"Badger-gasser" sounds like a Shakespearean insult. n/t. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #7

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)

1. Horrid woman

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 08:36 AM

Apr 2014

Why can't the ill-informed keep their pie-holes shut?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)

2. No-one with an uncle who was an Oberführer in the SS should adovcate gassing

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 08:49 AM

Apr 2014

as a 'humane' option.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Christopher_of_Hesse

Jeez, Thatcher's government banned it as inhumane.

catnhatnh

(8,976 posts)

3. Whoops-I thought you said "Baggers" N/T

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 09:52 AM

Apr 2014

LeftishBrit

(41,208 posts)

4. Princess Anne should stop making pronouncements about things that she knows nothing about...

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 10:01 AM

Apr 2014

which is most things other than horse-riding and first-class air travel.

mackerel

(4,412 posts)

5. To be fair she is Prince Phillip's daughter

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sat Apr 5, 2014, 06:36 AM

Apr 2014

apple doesn't fall far from the tree

pennylane100

(3,425 posts)

6. She is the least likeable member of the royal

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Thu Apr 17, 2014, 10:05 AM

Apr 2014

and the bar for that honor is already below sea level.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

7. "Badger-gasser" sounds like a Shakespearean insult. n/t.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 12:01 AM

Apr 2014

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