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Alick Simmons

England, West
As seen in: The Guardian, Veterinary Record, Maidenhead Advertiser
Covers:  Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare (particularly of wildlife).
Amateur naturalist || Animal ethicist || Aspiring conservationist || Erstwhile veterinarian || Author of ‘Treated Like Animals’: tinyurl.com/5a3cut5p
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Letter in response to one from Trevor Jones

Letter in response to one from Trevor Jones

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'Killing badgers to control bTB is unethical'

'Killing badgers to control bTB is unethical'

Alick Simmons argues that badger culling as a means to control bovine TB cannot be justified if considered us…

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Guest blog - Licensed Badger Killing; Ethical Considerations by Alick Simmons

Guest blog - Licensed Badger Killing; Ethical Considerations by Alick Simmons

Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. He lives in Somerset. He has written several gu…

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'Longer jail terms are unlikely to be effective'

'Longer jail terms are unlikely to be effective'

Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer based in Somerset. A Government bill to increase…

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Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 4 by Alick Simmons

Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 4 by Alick Simmons

Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. After a period in private practice, he followed…

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Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 3 by Alick Simmons

Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 3 by Alick Simmons

Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. After a period in private practice, he followed…

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Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 2 by Alick Simmons

Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 2 by Alick Simmons

Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. After a period in private practice, he followed…

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Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 1 by Alick Simmons

Guest blog - The Ethics of Animal Exploitation part 1 by Alick Simmons

Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. After a period in private practice, he followed…

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Guest blog - UK guardians of animal welfare by Alick Simmons

Guest blog - UK guardians of animal welfare by Alick Simmons

Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. After a period in private practice, he followed…

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Killing wild boars is unnecessary

Killing wild boars is unnecessary

The National Trust's intention to kill the wild boar on one of its Wiltshire properties (Report, 20 November)…

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Extension of badger culling unfounded and unjustified

Extension of badger culling unfounded and unjustified

After months of unexplained delays, Defra finally released figures for the numbers of badgers killed under su…

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Wild exaggerations do not help badger debate

Wild exaggerations do not help badger debate

The debate over the control of bovine tuberculosis and the associated killing of badgers is one of the most p…

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Badger culling and the BVA

Badger culling and the BVA

The BVA continues to lend its support to the killing of badgers as part of the government's bovine TB control…

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End the secrecy over badger cull zones | Letters

End the secrecy over badger cull zones | Letters

Thousands more badgers are to be killed in new and extended government-licensed control zones ( Huge rise in …

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Spare a thought for the poor old mole | Letters

Spare a thought for the poor old mole | Letters

All of the methods of catching moles described in your article (The long read, 8 March) rely on the violent c…

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Brexit: what does it mean for the veterinary profession?

Brexit: what does it mean for the veterinary profession?

Alick Simmons , chair of the BVA's Brexit working group, discusses the implications of Brexit for the veterin…

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