On March 28, 2007, UK artist Pollyanna Pickering and her daughter/manager Anna-Louise Pickering departed for Bhutan sketch and paint the rare flora and fauna of this largely undisturbed region of the Himalayas.
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Pollyanna PickeringHonMUniv NDD AFC SOFA Painter of the Living World
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have commissioned Pollyanna to supply two pieces of artwork for their dramatic and high-profile national advertising campaign to call for the protection of badgers.
The hard-hitting adverts have been placed in most UK National newspapers as well as many magazines and regional publications, and were discussed on the BBC news on both national television and radio.
The campaigns by the RSPCA and The Badger Trust (of which Pollyanna is patron) seem to have had some impact - - the government announced that their postponement of a vote on badger culling to allow more time for discussion and presentation of facts was due to 'public opinion'. Pollyanna hopes practical ways can be found to reduce bovine TB in both the badger and cattle populations without the need for a mass cull
