Maybe I'm missing something that should be obvious, but I can't see anywhere in this draft legislation that specifies what criteria they're going to use to decide whether any given indivdual Badger is either culled or vaccinated.
So they trap a Badger and a guy turns up next morning with a vaccine bottle in one hand and a gun in the other. Which does he use on THAT DAY for THAT Badger, and why that choice on that occasion and the other choice on another?
I just can't see any proposals for deciding the answer to that anywhere in the document.
Can anyone else ?
We've been contacted today by the "Animal Health and Welfare Group", which, from what I can see on the web, is some sort of DEFRA lacky (using a name for itself which couldn't be less suited, given that killing a badger can hardly be conducive to its good health). We were out when they called, but the message said they'd call again later this afternoon.
I can't wait !!
