Dorset could be in the next wave of badger culls
An announcement's expected later this week that an area of Dorset could be included in the next wave of badger culls.
- Ken Goodwin
Reports criticise badger cull
Two reports have been released today - both criticising the effectiveness and humaneness of the recent badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire. The first independent study was commissioned by the government itself.
The second comes as a result of information obtained by cull monitors, who found that many badgers weren't shot cleanly or quickly.
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