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Sides square up over badger cull

ITV News hears both sides of the badger debate following the Government's decision to push ahead with a cull to help tackle tuberculosis. The first licence to kill the wild animal was issued for a pilot cull in Gloucestershire.

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NFU supports Government's 'science-led' badger cull

The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has said it supports the Government's decision to go ahead with a pilot cull of badgers in an attempt to prevent the spread of Bovine TB.

A statement on the NFU website from earlier this month reads:

The NFU remains fully committed to supporting the Government’s science-led TB eradication policy to tackle what is a terrible and damaging disease. Our end goal is for a healthy countryside and that needs healthy badgers and healthy cattle. This policy, and these pilots, will help to deliver that.

– NFU statement

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