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Badger cull costs revealed

it's been revealed that last year's badger cull in Gloucestershire and Somerset cost taxpayers more than £3,000 for every animal killed.

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Call for Environment Sec to resign over badger cull

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson faced further criticism today over the controversial cull of badgers in Somerset and Gloucestershire. One Labour MP called on him to resign after it was revealed that the culls might have to be extended because not enough animals had been shot.

Mr Paterson insisted the policy had been a success - but hinted that alternative methods were being looked at, as Bob Constantine reports.

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