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Grant offer for badger vaccinations in Wales Wales-wide badger vaccinations could see costs shared
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Plans to eradicate bovine TB could see farmers and landowners paid badger vaccination costs with help from a £1.2m Welsh government grant. Farmers could be asked to share in the cost of badger vaccinations to eradicate bovine TB, as ministers look to afford a nationwide programme.
It comes as ministers continue to fund an intensive vaccination area in parts of south west and mid Wales at a cost of £1m a year. They would be able to apply for help towards the cost from a £1.2m grant pot over five years, according to Wales' chief vet.
The Welsh government wants to roll out the vaccination programme nationally but claims it is too expensive. Ministers funding intensive vaccinations in parts of south west and mid Wales at a cost of £1m a year.
It is offering a grant towards farmers' costs with funding over five years. But this would be too expensive on a Wales-wide level.
The Welsh government is set to offer a grant towards farmers and landowners' costs with £250,000 annual funding over five years.
It is estimated it costs £600 to vaccinate each badger.
Wales' Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Christianne Glossop announced the move at the Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd.Wales' Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Christianne Glossop announced the move at the Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd.
The government grant will be worth £250,000 a year over the next five years.
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She said the Welsh government was looking to share the cost so they can deliver a badger vaccination programme across Wales.She said the Welsh government was looking to share the cost so they can deliver a badger vaccination programme across Wales.
Queen guitarist Brian May has been a vocal opponent of badger culling and a representative of his charity Save Me was among wildlife and landowning organisations who met Dr Glossop.Queen guitarist Brian May has been a vocal opponent of badger culling and a representative of his charity Save Me was among wildlife and landowning organisations who met Dr Glossop.
The Save Me official later backed the initiative, saying it was a Welsh initiative which could followed throughout the UK, doing away with the need for a cull. Save Me's Ann Brummer later said May backed the initiative, saying it was a Welsh initiative which could followed throughout the UK, doing away with the need for a cull.
"Brian is very keen to support this and sees it as a way forward," she said.
"We don't want to see cattle continued to be culled and this could be a solution."
Talks are to be held with farmers to get their reaction.Talks are to be held with farmers to get their reaction.
Dr Glossop said Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies had asked her team to look at ways of expanding the vaccination programme across Wales.Dr Glossop said Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies had asked her team to look at ways of expanding the vaccination programme across Wales.
"The minister asked us to look at other ways in which badger vaccination might be delivered here in Wales," she said."The minister asked us to look at other ways in which badger vaccination might be delivered here in Wales," she said.
"A couple of weeks ago, the minister agreed to making available a fund to set up a grant which would help support badger vaccination in other parts of Wales."A couple of weeks ago, the minister agreed to making available a fund to set up a grant which would help support badger vaccination in other parts of Wales.
"The fund currently stands at £250,000 a year and now we've got the OK from the minister we've now got the job of developing a grant."The fund currently stands at £250,000 a year and now we've got the OK from the minister we've now got the job of developing a grant.
"As an initial step we invited wildlife groups here today to start developing our thinking.""As an initial step we invited wildlife groups here today to start developing our thinking."
The second year of the five-year badger vaccination project started in parts of south west and mid Wales in May.The second year of the five-year badger vaccination project started in parts of south west and mid Wales in May.
More than 1,400 badgers were vaccinated in trials ending last November.More than 1,400 badgers were vaccinated in trials ending last November.
These took place in parts of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.These took place in parts of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.