Devon MP asks for cull to be extended
A Devon MP has called for the badger cull to be extended to his area.
Gary Streeter, MP for South West Devon, made the request following the extension of the cull to Dorset last week.
It costs nearly £6,800 to cull one badger
The cost of culling badgers to tackle TB in cattle in our region is more than previously thought.
It costs £6,775 to kill one badger. This is nearly £600 more than predicted by the anti-cull Badger Trust, who made a Freedom of Information request that led to the real figures being released by the Environment Department (DEFRA).
The overall cost of the cull is almost £16.8 million.
A DEFRA spokesman says bovine TB has cost £500 million over the last decade.
The government has recently approved extending the cull to Dorset.
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