Animal rights activists hail ‘cull company’ leak a breakthrough as badger traps are destroyed
The Innocent Badger website linked to the Stop the Cull group has listed what it claims are the details of 29 cull companies from the accountancy firm’s leaked files.
STEVE BIRD: ‘The personal details of farmers carrying out the controversial badger cull have been leaked to animal rights activists in a major data breach. In a security failing hailed a victory by hunt saboteurs and already linked to a rise in rural crime, more than 7,000 names and addresses, including those of bosses of companies specialising in killing badgers, have been posted online and emailed to activists throughout the country…
The Innocent Badger website linked to the Stop the Cull group has listed what it claims are the details of 29 cull companies from the accountancy firm’s leaked files, adding that names and addresses have been sent to supporters throughout the country. The site, which has a map pinpointing ‘cull companies’, urges activists to use direct action and “make cullers lives particularly hard”.
The website claims the details were sent to them anonymously, adding: “If you are involved in the killing of badgers, in any way, shape or form, your involvement could become public at any point”… Jay Tiernan, of Stop The Cull, told The Sunday Telegraph the leak was a major breakthrough. Speaking while out targeting badger cages in the West Country, he said: “This breach has led to an increase in activity from animal rights activists and boosted the number of badgers being saved’. SOURCE…
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