Truss's decision: badger culling will continue, with no evidence it works

The Ecologist
Jan 5, 2016, 7:24 am65 pts
Sneaked out shortly before MP's Christmas recess, the Government's decision to 'carry on culling' badgers with no evidence that the slaughter is reducing the incidence of bovine TB is a travesty of process, writes Lesley Docksey. But it does have one useful outcome - it has exposed Defra's claims that the cull…

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