Animal rights protesters were today up in arms after the news that the culling of Wombles is to go ahead as recent indications suggest they are rife with TB.
The rarely seen pointy nosed golden creatures are famous for normally being helpful to the environment by scavenging for items of rubbish.
Rubbish that people like you and me, you know everyday folk leave behind and taking it back to there dens to use as bedding and insulation against the harsh Wimbledon winters.
But after a spate of dead Wombles found around the common authorities have discovered the furry giant rats are ravaged by tuberculosis and the risk of passing this on to cattle and our food chain has been deemed to high.
To avoid pointless death and a waste of food TV chef and all round nosey preacher Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall is going to host an hour long special on how best to cook Womble with such dishes as Womble waffles, Womble stir fry and the old classic Roasted Womble with seasonal garden veg.
