Advertisement

Trial badger culls end

The six week badger culls in Somerset officially end on Monday. It's the second year that the cull has been piloted in both areas. No figures are available yet for the number of badgers killed.

View all 3 updates ›

NFU pleased with badger cull

NFU pleased with badger cull Credit: PA

The six week badger cull in Gloucestershire and Somerset officially ends today. It's the second year that badgers have been shot to try to stop them spreading TB to cattle. Last year the cull was extended because not enough animals had been killed. Protesters say it's been a failure again this year, but the National Farmer's Union disagree.

I think generally we are pretty pleased with how it has gone. In large parts of the area we are seeing very few badgers left on the ground now. Unfortunately there are one or two areas where we haven't been able to be as effective as we'd like to because of the actions of protesters but largely we are very happy with it.

– Andrew Guest, National Farmers' Union
  1. Read more
  2. 3 updates
Trial badger culls end

More top news