Defra dismisses flawed badger-cull study
Mar 30, 2022
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A STUDY claiming the licensed culling of badgers has been ineffective in reducing bovine TB in England has been dismissed by Defra scientists. The research, published in the journal of the British Veterinary, argues that the cull has ‘cost a fortune and saved nothing’. Co-authored by three longstanding opponents of the cull, it suggests that a decline in prevalence of TB could be linked to cattle-based disease-control measures.
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