Devolved Governments fined by EU for lack of progress on bTB eradication

Devolved governments have been accused of failing to take control of bovine TB after the EU imposed fines worth millions of euros for missing targets on eradication.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Devolved Governments fined by EU for lack of progress on bTB eradication

This week Wales' Chief Vet Christianne Glossop, who has been criticised by Welsh farmers for not backing an England-style badger cull, was awarded an OBE for services to animal health and welfare in the...

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