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Controversial badger cull to reduce bovine TB to be trialled.

14 December 2011
Controversial badger cull to reduce bovine TB to be trialled.

A cull of badgers will be trialled in two areas of the UK in an attempt to reduce the spread of bovine TB. The Government have announced the culling will begin in 2012 in two areas which have not yet been decided on. Nearly 25,000 cattle are slaughtered each year as a result of bovine TB which is spread by badgers. However, opponents of the cull claim that it is unnecessary and more emphasis should be placed on developing vaccines against the disease for use in badgers. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16183926

 

 

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