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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 50m

Disgusting behaviour. Please take action now: protectthewild.org.uk/lbc-petition/

Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2h

A fox was trapped underground in London.
Instead of helping, LBC presenter Ian Payne laughed about it live on air, calling the fox “vermin” and joking that he might “let it waste away down there.”
This isn’t just one moment of cruelty. It is part of a wider culture that treats wildlife as a joke.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2h

Ian Payne asked his audience whether he should “just let it waste away down there."

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LBC Presenter Jokes About Trapped Fox ‘Left to Waste Away’ in His Car Park

“just let it waste away down there.”

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 4h

🐧 15 Gentoo penguins are trapped underground right now in the basement of SEA LIFE London.
Kept in artificial ice, bright lights, and the constant noise of tourists, all for profit.

Freedom for Animals is holding a protest outside SEA LIFE London on Sunday 19th October at 10.30am.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 5h

TAKE ACTION: Lavender Hotels plans to host an event for the Holcombe Harriers, a decision they must rethink.

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Tell Lavender Hotels: Compassion, Not Cruelty- Cancel the Holcombe Harriers!

Lavender Hotels plans to host an event for the Holcombe Harriers, a decision they must rethink.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 6h

Things you love to see! The fight to end the Badger cull continues with new momentum!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 18h

Damn right! This is the TRUTH nobody wants to admit!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 20h

Things you love to see! MPs supporting our calls for an immediate end to the Badger cull!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 21h

The cull is collapsing under its own weight, and it is collapsing because people refused to accept a lie.

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Badger cull dismantled from all sides in landmark Parliament debate

The cull is collapsing under its own weight, and it is collapsing because people refused to accept a lie.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 23h

BRILLIANT STUFF! Well said Cat Eccles MP!

Speech from yesterday's debate on the Badger cull following our Govt petition reaching 100,00 signatures.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

Huge thank you to every single one of you that signed our Govt petition to end the Badger cull. We are making progress!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

We will never stop fighting to end the Badger cull. Picture taken today outside Parliament ahead of the Parliamentary debate triggered by Protect the Wild’s petition.

Huge thanks to Betty Badger (Mary Barton) for years of relentless campaigning on this issue.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

King Charles to front new nature documentary on Amazon Prime….HYPOCRISY!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

Happening now: we’re about to enter Parliament to watch MPs debate the future of the Badger cull following our govt petition reaching 100,000 signatures.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

You can watch the debate later today at 4:30pm

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

"Protect the Wild, the campaign group which led the petition, claimed the government’s standing will now be among the issues at stake in the Westminster Hall debate this afternoon."

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Westminster debate after 100,000 people sign online petition demanding end to badger cull

More than 100,000 people have backed calls for an immediate end to the controversial programme despite warnings from farmers’ leaders and some vets.

www.vettimes.com

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

Songbirds are slaughtered in Cyprus and Britain has blood on its hands

Every night, nets rise, wings break, and silence spreads across the British bases of Cyprus. This is our responsibility to end the songbird slaughter.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

Things you love to see!

Hunting News Early October: Two beagle packs fold and more

With the so-called ‘season’ for hunting hares in full swing, there’s reason to cheer: two of the UK’s hare hunting beagle packs have announced that they will be folding.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

We’re sick of the mistreatment of hunting hounds so our next animation will focus on all the ways these poor animals are injured, abused and exploited by hunts.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly why are the BBC giving hunts the opportunity to spread this rubbish!?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

West of England trail hunters call sport 'vital' amid ban threat

Trail hunters call for the sport to be protected as the government continues to consider banning it.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 3d

Another landmark moment in the ongoing fight to end this senseless slaughter.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 3d

When is Jeremy Clarkson going to finally admit that badger culling isn’t working?

The real issue with bovine TB lies in shoddy testing and poor farm biosecurity, not in blaming wildlife.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 3d

Clarkson forced to put down his calf after they go down with TB, is he finally waking up to the fact that shoddy testing is one of the main reasons this disease continues to spread..?!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 3d

Protect the Wild's petition calling for an immediate end to the Badger cull will be debated in Parliament tomorrow. Thank you for your continued support as we fight to end this madness.

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MPs will debate a petition relating to Bovine Tuberculosis control and badger culling - Committees - UK Parliament

On Monday 13 October, MPs will debate a petition relating to Bovine Tuberculosis control and badger culling.

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