Badger Cull Debate Begins In Wales

April 24th, 2009

A consultation on proposed legislation to beat bovine TB – including a cull of badgers and possible vaccination of the animals – began today.

Last year more than 12,000 cattle in Wales were slaughtered because of TB. By 2014 taxpayers could be paying more than £80m to farmers in compensation if the disease continues to escalate at the current rate…