04-03-2008, 08:17 AM
Well, I can't say it was unexpected! MP's have backed calls for a "limited badger cull" to try and help stop the spread of TB in cattle. According to the article, if TB is left to spread across the whole country it could cost taxpayers up to £1bn in compensation to farmers, so I can understand why the MP's want to stop the spread. The problem is it doesn't seem like it is actually going to work according to the last scientific study.
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The RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), on the other hand, described the MPs' suggestion as "muddled and flying in the face of sound scientific judgement".
The society's director of animal welfare promotion, John Rolls, said: "The evidence shows a policy of badger culling is unsustainable, uneconomic and could even worsen the spread of bovine TB."
The society's director of animal welfare promotion, John Rolls, said: "The evidence shows a policy of badger culling is unsustainable, uneconomic and could even worsen the spread of bovine TB."
