County Could Be Chosen for Pilot Badger Cull Plan

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A BADGER cull could take place in Derbyshire within two years, the area's National Farmers' Union has claimed. The statement follows yesterday's announcement by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman that she is "strongly-minded" to allow controlled culling in England.

The Government had been consulting on whether badgers should be shot to help control bovine tuberculosis as the animals are blamed for spreading the disease to cattle herds.

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County Could Be Chosen for Pilot Badger Cull Plan

Parts of West Derbyshire and East Staffordshire are ...

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