Independent: Wildlife and animal welfare groups have reacted angrily to news that culling of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle has begun.
Opponents have accused the Government of going against the scientific evidence and public opinion in pushing ahead with pilot culls of badgers in Somerset and Gloucestershire in a bid to address high levels of infection in beef and dairy herds.
Simon Nash, chief executive of Somerset Wildlife Trust, said: “We are very conscious of the hardship that bTB causes our…

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