Shoot first, ask no questions later: more badger culling, less science

The Ecologist
Feb 23, 2016, 4:23 am130 pts
With 29 applications for new badger culls, writes Lesley Docksey, the government still has no idea how many badgers there are in the cull areas, or how many of them have TB. Nor does it want to find out. The badger culling project is getting less scientific by the day - or should that be by the square…

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