Mama, just killed a badger...Brian May

Anita Dobson Brian May is part of a large badger-loving community trying to block government plans to kill up to 1,000 of the furry creatures in coming months.

It's amazing what some people do when they become wealthy, eccentric, and bored

We're all God's creatures...badgers too!

Badger, It's whats for dinner

Road kill stew! Yummy.

I was stunned to find out in this fascinating article that every problem and difficulty facing mankind have been solved and now the idle non-entities of misbegotten wealth and status finally have the opportunity to concentrate on what is really important to the survival of Mankind: Badgers nasty and aggressive rodents who infect rally useful animals with TB.

Excellent, I will sleep better knowing that Brian May, PhD is on the case but oh what about the afflictions of the common Rat and cockroach?

Nasty and aggressive they may be, but they do more than urinate on pastureland. There is some ecological function they perform - - I see no mention of this. If the badgers are killed, what will the unintended consequences be?

Very true. Vaccinate the badgers, and cull the tubercular specimins. Remove the TB, not the vector. I'd have thought people would have learned about extinction as an option.

Bullets are much cheaper, and more fun then trying to vaccinate an animal that would rather rip your face off

You recommend a simply ludicrous amount of effort to save diseased vermin. Tell us about extinction? Good or Bad? Badgers are important

Mr. May has contributed to many animal charities over the years but first got involved in a campaign last year when he helped stop residents of a small Scottish island from exterminating hedgehogs that were killing birds. Thanks in part to Mr. May's intervention, the hedgehogs were deported to the mainland instead.