Hi Sadly researchers are not necessarily kept up to date with the work of other researchers or government plans.
how can you stop something that hasnt started yet?.... you ask.
That's what the 'consultation' is about. I presume that you don't know how to bring dead
Badgers back to life after they've been killed- so this needs to be stopped BEFORE it is done.
I don't believe everything I read in the press, but perhaps your friend may be interested in this from
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/
Environment
By Charles Clover, Environment Editor
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Badger Badgers: Cull planned
Animal to watch: The
Badger. The great
Badger cull, which could happen as early as June, promises to test the mettle of Ben Bradshaw, the animal welfare minister. The Government decided this month to back the slaughter of
Badgers in English counties badly affected by bovine tuberculosis, in combination with the pre-movement testing of cattle. The bill is likely to be £2 billion over the next decade.
The cull is expected to be carried out by farmers with the carbon monoxide from their own tractor exhausts. Animal welfare groups may be expected to challenge the strategy in court after the consultation ends in March.
regards
Roger