Badger cull reduced bTB by up to 60 per cent

Defra Secretary George Eustice has defended the Government’s intention to phase out badger culling in England, despite the policy having more than halved disease incidence rates.

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Badger cull reduced bTB by up to 60 per cent

Defra Secretary George Eustice has defended the Government's intention to phase out badger culling in England, despite the policy having more than halved disease incidence rates. He was challenged at...

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