I e-mailed Tesco in order to ask them to join the right side in the badger fight only to be met by the usual crap from a large company which cares more for money than morals. The e-mail is transcribed below for you to have a look at. I feel if we all pile on the pressure, they might -just-might see sense and stop buying from the disgusting filthy farmers who need to clean up their act and look much closer to home rather than looking for scapegoats.
Dear Mrs Barnes
Thank you for your reply. It saddens me that your company will not aid the plight of the badger cause and I'm afraid you are incorrect, with respect to the motives adopted by the government during the lengthy process of investigation. The sheer amount of scientific evidence against the cull has not been heeded by the government and even Lord Kreb (the governmental adviser involved with previous badger culls) himself is against this cull as well as many animal organisations. The public were consulted and responded VERY HEAVILY in favour of vaccination which the government completely disregarded thereby choosing culling only to appease the NFU.
Regretfully I (and my friends and family) will not be shopping at Tescos anymore and will continue to use other suppliers namely your competitors who are not in favour of the cull.
YoursMr ******************* MScBSc(Hons)AMInstP PGCE mRAS
From: "customer.service@tesco.co.uk" <customer.service@tesco.co.uk>
To: **************************
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 5:03 PM
Subject: Re your recent enquiry
Dear ************** Thank you for your email about the Government's planned trials of badger culling.
We take animal welfare very seriously and we know it is very important to our customers. The planned cull is a difficult and sensitive issue, with animal welfare concerns on both sides of the debate.
We are neither in favour, nor against any cull; this is a decision to be taken by the farmers in the affected areas. Bovine TB is a huge threat to both to the health of livestock and to the livelihoods of many beef and dairy farmers. We are committed to supporting British farmers through this challenging time and will retain our relationships with those who make the decision to participate in the cull.
The Government went through a lengthy process in coming to their decision to trial culling to help tackle the disease, consulting with the public and reviewing the scientific evidence to date. We do not think it is appropriate for us to question this process. However, we are keen to do what we can to help to address the spread of the disease through alternative measures. We are currently looking at ways our collaboration with the Dairy Centre of Excellence at the University of Liverpool might help with this, for example by sharing the latest research on herd health with our farmers.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact us and please let me know if I can be of any further help.
Kind regards
Rachel Barnes
Tesco Customer Service
For the hunted animal, enforcing the LAW and the poor badger.
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