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| Badger cull in England extended to 40 areas | Badger cull in England extended to 40 areas |
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| Eleven new badger culling areas have been approved by Natural England as part of government efforts to control tuberculosis in cattle, | |
| Natural England has also authorised licence holders to resume operations in 29 existing areas. | |
| Culls will go ahead in new areas around Bristol, Cheshire, Devon, Cornwall, Staffordshire, Dorset, Herefordshire and Wiltshire, | Culls will go ahead in new areas around Bristol, Cheshire, Devon, Cornwall, Staffordshire, Dorset, Herefordshire and Wiltshire, |
| Those opposed to the cull say the practice is "ineffective and inhumane". | Those opposed to the cull say the practice is "ineffective and inhumane". |
| 'Immense pain' | 'Immense pain' |
| Farming minister George Eustice said: "Bovine TB remains the greatest animal health threat to the UK, costing taxpayers over £100m every year as well as causing devastation and distress for hard-working farmers and rural communities. | Farming minister George Eustice said: "Bovine TB remains the greatest animal health threat to the UK, costing taxpayers over £100m every year as well as causing devastation and distress for hard-working farmers and rural communities. |
| "There is no single measure that will provide an answer to beating this disease. | "There is no single measure that will provide an answer to beating this disease. |
| "That is why we have always been committed to a multi-pronged approach including proactive badger control, as well as other tools such as tighter cattle controls, improved biosecurity and badger vaccination." | "That is why we have always been committed to a multi-pronged approach including proactive badger control, as well as other tools such as tighter cattle controls, improved biosecurity and badger vaccination." |
| Earlier this week former government adviser Professor Ranald Munr said up to 9,000 badgers are likely to have suffered "immense pain" in culls. | Earlier this week former government adviser Professor Ranald Munr said up to 9,000 badgers are likely to have suffered "immense pain" in culls. |
| Prof Munr is the ex-Chair of an independent expert group appointed by the government to assess culling trials. | Prof Munr is the ex-Chair of an independent expert group appointed by the government to assess culling trials. |
| He has written to Natural England to say that the policy is causing "huge suffering". | He has written to Natural England to say that the policy is causing "huge suffering". |
| He added the culls are not reducing TB in cattle and in one area the incidence of the disease has gone up. | He added the culls are not reducing TB in cattle and in one area the incidence of the disease has gone up. |