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First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A plan to rid England of bovine TB within 25 years has been set out today by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson.
Reports that the badger culls are primarily to protect human health are wrong.
Michael Seals opening comments.
The Sunday Times claim that people are at risk of contracting bovine TB through eating meat is irresponsible scaremongering.
Information note on Bovine TB.
TB risk information about cattle will be shared at the point of sale so farmers will know the animal’s TB testing history.
Opening comments.by Michael Seals
Leading experts on bovine TB will host Twitter Q&A sessions.
Infrared surveillance cameras monitoring badger visits to cattle farms will be used to determine the risk of badgers entering buildings.
The spread of bovine TB led to the slaughter of 28,284 cattle in England in 2012, a 7% increase compared to 2011.
Protester activity has had no impact on the data used to make these population estimates.
The pilot culls will last for 6 weeks and will be repeated annually for four years.
An update on the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) eradication programme 2013.
No one wants to kill badgers - we want to see healthy badgers thriving alongside healthy cattle.
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