Farming industry to blame for TB crisis, not just badgers – report

Movement of cattle and poor fencing hamper control efforts, says government review

Frequent trading of cattle and poor biosecurity on farms is "severely hampering" efforts to tackle the crisis of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England, according to an independent review commissioned by the environment secretary, Michael Gove.

It was wrong to blame badgers as the main cause of the outbreaks, the scientists said, although Gove had told them not to assess whether the current badger culls were working. The scientists did say it was "highly desirable" to move from culling to vaccination of badgers.