IT is outrageous that David Cameron's Government is caving in to farmers' demands for a badger cull (Farmers welcome decision on cull, Echo, July 21).

This cull is not science-led, as claimed by the Government, but is led by ignorant farmers who seek to make the badger a scapegoat for their own bad husbandry.

What gives farmers the right to destroy British badgers? British wildlife belongs to us all. I hope people who feel the same way as I do over this wicked and cruel slaughter of our badgers will boycott all British beef and dairy products.

It is not easy to shoot a badger because of their thick skulls and their habit of hugging the ground.

Horrific wounding will lead to slow and agonising deaths from infection, and I predict a terrible backlash from the public as this needless killing will not make any difference to TB in cattle.

I find it hard to believe any government could be so cruel and stupid – even this one.

Helen Weeks

West Coker, Somerset