My husband and I joined about 500 people at the Gloucestershire Against Badger Shooting demonstration in Gloucester city centre on Saturday 19th May.
Pilot culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset were aimed at limiting the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).
Earlier this month Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said the pilots would continue.
Organiser Carol Cook said the number of people who turned out to demonstrate shows "it is not acceptable for an industry to be killing our wildlife".
She said they were "sympathetic" towards farmers, but added that the "industry needs to look at its own practices" and improve "bio-security in the farmyards themselves" to stop the spread of the disease.
"It isn't us against the farmers at all - everyone can work together to stop this awful disease," she said.
Conservationist Ian Redmond said most badgers do not have the disease and culling is a "recipe for disaster, not for curing the disease".
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has stated that it can only support further pilot culls if effectiveness and humaneness improved and if there are independent monitors.
The BVA said it was also concerned that if culling in the pilot areas stops now there could be an increased risk of TB in cattle.
Here are some links to see videos from the March.
-A film by Dianne Bartlett from the Glos Badger March featuring Stroud's Ian Redmond from The Born Free Foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxKW00MceiRtzrt_5GNPi4g/videos
-Domanic Dyer's speech filmed by Ian Redmond.
http://stroudcommunity.tv/dominic-dyer-addresses-badger-rally-gloucester/
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