(UK) Science chief urges badger cull - BBC

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Last Updated: Monday, 22 October 2007, 17:43 GMT 18:43 UK

Science chief urges badger cull
By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News

The UK government's chief scientist has advised ministers
that badgers should be killed to prevent the spread of TB
among cattle.

Sir David King says culling could be effective in areas
that are contained, for example, by the sea or motorways.

His report follows a previous study that said culling
badgers would be ineffective.

The Independent Scientific Group found that targeting one
site would only cause badgers to flee to other farms.

The report was submitted to the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs in July and published on Monday.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7056501.stm

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Earlier: Irish badger culling 'is futile' - BBC

[XemaSab]

1. Note to self:

get badger back from taxidermist. :hide:

[skids]

2. We don need no steenkink badgerssss

...someone had to say it.