Cattle farmers target TB-carrying badgers

Cattle farmers target TB-carrying badgersWith tuberculosis in cattle on the rise, UK farmers want badger population culled, but controversy continues over whether reducing germ-carrying population will reduce incidence of disease (click 'See also'). In 2007, 28,000 cattle were slaughtered because of TB; number likely to reach 40,000 this year.

By James Meikle

The Guardian (UK) 2008-07-05

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Index: Antonio Olmos, badger, Badger Trust, Colin Gray, Hilary Benn, Kenneth Grahame, Lord Krebs, Merrivale Wood, Mole, Mr. Badger, National Farmers' Union, Peter Kendall, Ratty, The Wind in the Willows, Welsh Assembly, wild boar, Wild Wood