Badger cull activists hit out at cost of shooters' tracking devices

Defra revealed that more than 300,000 of public money has been spent on the devices

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of UK taxpayers' money has been spent on equipping badger cull marksmen and women with tracking devices so that their movements could be mapped by co-ordinators and police.

Anti-cull activists have criticised the expense, arguing that the cost of the cull should be met by farmers rather than the public purse.