TB or not TB : Farming Today

LATEST NEWS: On 7 July 08 the Secretary of State announced Defra's policy will be not to issue any licences to farmers to cull badgers to prevent bovine TB. The Secretary of State has decided that we need to put our effort into strengthening our programme of research to develop cattle and badger vaccines and plan for their deployment. £20 million will be invested over the next three years in developing usable cattle and badger vaccines.

The full text of Mr Benn's statement can be found on the Defra website at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/ministers/statements/hb080707.htm

Report on the proposed badger cull. Let Gordon Brom know what you think at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/stop-badger-cull/

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News & Politics

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• Badger
• cull
• radio4
• farming
• TB
• tuberculosis

[MrJonnyboyification]

i dont think the badgers should be killed,they're a part of british wildlife i think the problem should be sorted out another way.

[Farmlad1]

As a farmer myself I will look forward to the day the gov sees sense and issue out culling licenses , if this were rabies in foxs there would be no bloody foxs around but as there badgers and Apparently they have their own trust the gov will continue to let the farmers which feed everyone in the uk to feel the wrath of these scurrying little bastards.

[philstew123]

@maxinemustoe id like to see the source of your outburst

[maxinemustoe]

judging how farmers feed cows with their own brain, then wonder why the cows end up with a disease which effected their brains, then do I trust their thoughts on badger culling. NO, I think they have got this very wrong.

As A member of the badger trust, I hope my small contributions will help them fight the goverments in court, and leave our eautiful badgers in peace