Owen Paterson Gets Badgered About Badgers

It started with a Tweet……..

Well it didn’t take long for Paterson’s constituents to wade in.

Results just in:  Badgers 11 Paterson 2.

Oh Dear.

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/environment/2013/03/23/bill-oddie-in-twitter-attack-on-mp-owen-paterson/

http://martynmurray.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/badger-culling-and-the-verminization-of-british-wildlife/

‘This is not ‘Wind in the Willows’ says Paterson after Brian May renewed efforts to halt the badger cull.  http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Environment-minister-Owen-Paterson-bored-high/story-18804162-detail/story.html#axzz2Rzo8VsEY

Independent carries the line – ‘Buzz Off: Wrath for Environment Secretary’

DM horrified by Paterson’s gleeful remarks about trapping and killing squirrels – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312299/The-squirrel-killing-Minister-Wildlife-Environment-Secretary-Owen-Paterson-shows-photo-proudly-holding-dead-greys-hanging-traps–boasts-They-wont-that.html