Badger Cull Ruling
The High Court rules on the legality of allowing farmers and landowners to cull thousands of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle
Brian May speaks out about the impending badger cull in the West
Brian May has been speaking to The Westcountry Tonight about why he is supporting The Badger Trust's continued legal fight, to stop the Government's planned badger cull.
The Queen guitarist was attending a meeting of The Badger Trust at Taunton's Brewhouse Theatre. He claims badgers are already being deliberately shot, poisoned or gassed, then dumped on roads in the Westcountry to look like roadkill.
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