'The badger cull is the biggest planned, public-funded intervention in the British countryside in the past 50 years.'

摘要

In mid-July, a High Court judge will hear two Judicial Reviews relating to the Government's policy of culling badgers in certain areas of the country to reduce levels of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle. What's at stake is more than the decision, which has courted controversy, to allow farmers and landowners to shoot badgers across 21 areas in the south and west of England in 2017. It could also potentially impact on the reputation of Natural England (NE), the official agency charged with protecting wildlife in this country.