A farmer claims animal rights campaigners have vandalised his business because of his outspoken stance in favour of badger culling.
Richard Haddock believes he was targeted because he has called for "all possible methods" to be used to control TB infected badgers.
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Richard Haddock
He believes it is more evidence of mounting tensions between farmers and animal rights protesters, as the culmination of the Badger Trust's legal battle to stop the cull draws near.
Already, contact details of three farmers involved in cull plans have been released on the internet, and Mr Haddock claimed the wife of at least one had received "abusive and threatening" e-mails.
Now he says hundreds of pounds' worth of damage was caused when vandals damaged paintwork on his vehicle and peppered it with badger protection stickers.
Mr Haddock said he had informed his local police community support officer, who confiscated an anti-badger poster left at the scene, but said he had not reported the damage as a crime because there was "no point".
But he warned that he has CCTV footage, as well as a "clear thumb print" on the poster. He believes the attackers could strike again, and warned that he has stepped up surveillance to gather more evidence against them.
The attacks happened after Mr Haddock appeared on television, talking about how he wants to see a new type of firefighters' foam adapted to contain carbon monoxide, which he said could be used to clear infected badger setts.
But he said: "Clearly there are people around who don't want to see a single hair of a single badger's head harmed, whether the animals are infected with TB or not.
Sadly these are the same people who have been misinforming the public about the extent of the TB epidemic and whipping up opposition to any control methods that are proposed."
He accused such campaigners of being "more concerned about raking in more public donations" than they are about the welfare of badgers, cows or farmers.
Ian Johnson, regional spokesman for the National Farmers Union, said badger culling was an "emotive issue" and some would never accept that it was necessary to control TB – but he said nowhere in the world had succeeded without the "regrettable" practice.
He said some groups would do "anything within their power" to disrupt the cull, and said: "People have the right to object and protest, but not illegally."
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