Call to stop ‘badger massacre’ as cattle TB rises in cull zones
by Jamie Doward from on (#4QCNZ)
Latest data 'not released until Defra announced 60,000 animals would be killed in 2019'
Tuberculosis levels in cattle have risen in the original two areas of the country where the badger cull has been piloted over the past five years, raising questions about the merit of expanding the scheme.
The figures are confirmed in official data quietly released last week as the government announced plans to expand the controversial cull in England, which campaigners say could see more than 60,000 badgers killed this year.
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