Sneaked out shortly before MP's Christmas recess, the Government's decision to 'carry on culling' badgers with no evidence that the slaughter is reducing the incidence of bovine TB is a travesty of process, writes Lesley Docksey. But it does have one useful outcome - it has exposed Defra's claims that the cull is 'science-led' as arrant nonsense. Science never even got a look in.
… years' misinformation and bad science. She cites the Chief Veterinary Officer as saying …
You would think vets would take animal welfare seriously, writes Lesley Docksey. So why does the British Veterinary Association (BVA) support England's badger cull - when all the science is telling them it's both cruel, and ineffective against Bovine TB?
Britain's vets - it's time to oppose the badger cull! Lesley Docksey | 28th April 2014 Comment Natural World Badgers UK Health hugh-badgers-cut.jpg You would think vets would take animal welfare …