Activists from Bristol and the South West travelled to Cardiff to join others for a protest outside Thomson Ecology, the company contracted to carry out the surveying for the Welsh Assembly badger cull due to start in the next few weeks. Thomson are also believed to be the ones on the ground laying the traps in which the badgers will be caught, before being shot in the head by gunmen/women.
For over two hours around 30 of us formed an impressive display of protesters, placards and noise. The support from passing motorists was immense, with a high proportion of drivers tooting their horns at us, several buses, cement mixers and Cardiff City Council vehicles among many others. This badger cull is clearly even more unpopular than we already believed it to be.

It seems that Thomson are equally unpopular within the office block in which they have opened their new Cardiff office as most of the workers coming out for lunch were keen to take a leaflet and people from other offices were coming out to see what was going on.

The people of Wales don't want the badgers to be killed, Thomson. It's time you and the Welsh Assembly listened to the public rather than the farmers. We'll be back for more demos in the next few weeks. We'll continue to let people know what you are involved in until you pull out of the cull and leave the badgers alone.

Farming spreads TB, badgers don't.

More photos of the protest here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38303892@N05/4711966978/in/set-72157624177752207/