09-12-2019, 12:16 AM
News today (September 11 2019), that the Badger cull in the UK has now been extended to cover 10 more counties, including areas of the Midlands, the South West and Cornwall .
The tone of this article is biased towards the cull.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/health-w...derbyshire
Derbyshire is excluded. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust "said it was “delighted” that it had fought off the application."
Dr. Jo Smith chief executive of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, said: “We will continue to expand our badger vaccination programme to ensure that Derbyshire’s badgers remain healthy and safe from the cull and we’ll use our findings to better inform the government’s strategy for managing bovine TB....."
Meanwhile, a vet says "Badger Culls caused immense pain": Prof Ranald Munro is the ex-Chair of an independent expert group appointed by the government to assess its trials.
He has written to Natural England to say that the policy is causing "huge suffering"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49611457
The tone of this article is biased towards the cull.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/health-w...derbyshire
Derbyshire is excluded. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust "said it was “delighted” that it had fought off the application."
Dr. Jo Smith chief executive of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, said: “We will continue to expand our badger vaccination programme to ensure that Derbyshire’s badgers remain healthy and safe from the cull and we’ll use our findings to better inform the government’s strategy for managing bovine TB....."
Meanwhile, a vet says "Badger Culls caused immense pain": Prof Ranald Munro is the ex-Chair of an independent expert group appointed by the government to assess its trials.
He has written to Natural England to say that the policy is causing "huge suffering"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49611457
