Farmers lose legal challenge to cancellation of Derbyshire badger cull
by Patrick Barkham from Environment | The Guardian on (#53E2G)
Wildlife groups welcome ruling as high court dismisses judicial review by NFU on all grounds
Farmers have lost a challenge to the government's cancellation of the badger cull in Derbyshire in a high court ruling that has been welcomed by wildlife groups.
A judicial review of the environment secretary's decision to halt a planned expansion of the cull to Derbyshire last September brought by the National Farmers' Union was dismissed on all grounds.
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