The Badger Cull

A week ago, a plan was announced to commit a badger cull. This is because badgers are believed to give TB to cattle. Around 30,000 cattle a year die from the disease.

Sir David King said that it's clear that badgers are a source of infection for cattle, and in some areas are responsible for four out of ten cattle deaths.

But another study showed that killing the badgers would make them move to another place, maybe carrying the disease with them. The Independent Scientific Group found that although the disease did drop at a farm when badgers were killed, it sometimes rose in nearby ones instead.

A cull would be a very unpopular move as out of 47,000 people asked, 9 out 0f 10 of them didn't like the idea. I don't like the idea.

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