On Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:08:39 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Feranija wrote:
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> > On 2013-09-07, > wrote:
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> > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 15:00:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
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> > >>It is because they say that the badgers are giving the cows TB. Once a cow
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> > >>gets TB they have to be destroyed and some farmers are losing herds to it.
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> > > I missed anything that showed the science was there to prove it's the
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> > > badgers fault. It seems such a drastic course to take.
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> > Brits are famous for their high quality badger shaving brushes: Rooney,
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> > Simpson, Vulfix and Edwin Jagger. They come in different grades of
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> > badger hair; from so called a pure badger grade, via best and super, to
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> > the traditionally most prized silvertip, and the newest 'finest' grade
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> > which is all the rage lately. All massively exported to US.
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> Really? Never seen one here.
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> > I am not telling brushes are the only reason for hunting badgers. But
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> > one of the reasons at least.
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> Huh? People still use shaving brushes? LOL!

Indeed, that's exactly what I was thinking.