Independent: Caroline Spelman’s proposed badger cull to halt the rise of TB in cattle will in fact spread the disease, campaigners will tell the High Court tomorrow.
The Badger Trust charity is seeking judicial review of the decision last year by the Environment Secretary to allow a cull to go ahead, after nearly 15 years of argument about the links between the animals and bovine TB.
Opponents of the plan argue that it will not only mean widespread cruelty – badgers are difficult to shoot cleanly, especially…

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