date:Jul 04, 2014
Farming minister George Eustice has dismissed scientific research suggesting efforts to tackle bovine tuberculosis should focus on culling cows instead of badgers.
Such a strategy would finish off the cattle and dairy industry in this country, he warned.
A study by scientists at the University of Warwick and the University of Cambridge, published this week in scientific journal Nature, said culling badgers only had a limited effect on the spread of bovine TB, as there were numerous ways the di