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The Tories' badger cull is ‘unlawful and counterproductive,’ High Court hears
It has been estimated that more than 30,000 badgers have been killed at cost of £50 million
THE TORY badger cull is unlawful and counterproductive, the High Court heard today.
More than 30,000 badgers have been killed since 2013 at an estimated cost of more than £50 million as part of a misguided bid by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to eradicate bovine tuberculosis.
Ecologist Tom Langton is challenging the legality of Defra’s guidance to Natural England (NE) on issuing supplementary badger cull licences and NE’s decisions to grant certain licences.
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