One Way or Another We Need a Thriving Badger Population ; with a Cull of Badgers in the South West Becoming a Distinct Probability, Farming Editor Peter Hall Looks at the Whole Issue of the Country's Badgers - and Their Future

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The controversy about badgers and bovine tuberculosis rumbles on, with increased calls from the farming community that the Government should make up its mind swiftly over a cull.

After a lengthy consultation period, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman was expected to make an announcement about a cull back in the winter. But she didn't and we are still waiting...and likely to wait for a little while yet.

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One Way or Another We Need a Thriving Badger Population ; with a Cull of Badgers in the South West Becoming a Distinct Probability, Farming Editor Peter Hall Looks at the Whole Issue of the Country's Badgers - and Their Future

Culling 70 per cent of badgers in a hot-spot area - and not just sick ones, which was what was first proposed - makes a huge difference to the whole process, of course.

So no wonder, given the implications, that...

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