Sentences with phrase «badgers culled»

The badger cull is a very sensitive and controversial issue with strong views on both sides of the debate.

Firstly the BBC delayed the publication of the ruling until after a critical debate on the future of the badger cull policy in parliament on March 13th.

The badger cull is one of the most controversial farming and wildlife policies in the last 40 years.

On May 31st 2013 the BBC placed an article on its website, «How did the Irish badger cull play out?»

The Trust reached a conclusion that the language used in the article had «not been sufficiently precise» as it suggested that the badger cull might be a factor in helping control TB in cattle when this was «scientifically unproven».

I can only hope the next time Owen Paterson or George Eustice make false claims over the Irish badger cull during a BBC interview, reporters armed with the BBC ruling will question them on it — and certainly not report it.

David Cameron has defended the upcoming badger cull, saying it takes «political courage» to pursue the policy in the face of widespread opposition.

This was also the week when the controversial badger cull, which ministers have defended despite the very limited scientific basis the killing rested on, was abandoned as a failure.

The ruling still says the story shouldn't have made the connection between badger culling and falling TB rates in cattle — but why the sudden change?

Throughout all the twists and turns of the badger cull debate, a key argument the government has used to justify the case for culling has been the apparent success in reducing TB in cattle as a result of killing badgers in the Republic of Ireland.

However, under considerable pressure from farming and landowning interests, the government is clinging to the wreckage of the policy and plans to continue badger culling in Somerset and Gloucestershire this summer and possibly extend the cull into Dorset as well.

If, as Owen Paterson boasted to the Sunday Times in 2013, badger culling was rolled out to 40 new areas of England over the next 4 years, the overall cost could exceed # 800 million.

But for the record, here's Care for the Wild's report on the badger cull.

Any justification that was left for the disastrous badger cull was blown apart by these huge costs.

This offers David Cameron the chance of a much needed U-turn on badger culling ahead of the next general election.

David Cameron's gamble to appoint Owen Paterson as environment secretary to deliver the badger cull has blown up in his face.

Statistics, costs and opinions have been calculated about Defra's badger culls from last year.

It's now widely anticipated that the independent expert panel reviewing the badger cull pilots will deliver a report which is very critical of the policy on cost and effectiveness grounds.

It is now a fair assessment that a four year badger cull in Gloucester and Somerset would cost in the region of # 20 million, but would only deliver around # 2.5 million benefit to the tax payer in terms of reducing the spread of bovine TB.

Queen guitarist Brian May has declared his willingness to end the «polarisation» of debate over the badger cull, following the appointment of Liz Truss to Defra.

This brings us to the key issue of the overall costs of the pilot culls and a national rollout programme for badger culling.

The upcoming badger cull pilot taking place in two pilot areas in West Gloucestershire and West Somerset will last for six weeks and will be repeated annually for four years.

He added: «I believe the most positive first step of a new minister of the environment would be to end the squandering of the taxpayer's money on the current hopeless botch of a badger cull, and invest instead in the BACVI - the first real positive step towards eradication of the disease.»

This is why environmentalists will lament her appointment - and worry that when it comes to this autumn's badger cull, the most controversial issue awaiting her on her desk at Defra, she is unlikely to spend much time resisting the demands of the National Farmers» Union that the culls should continue apace.

Badger culling to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis is one of the main controversies.

Her comments could disappoint Queen guitarist Brian May, who had declared his willingness to end the «polarisation» of the debate over the badger cull following Truss» appointment.

The upcoming badger cull will be overseen by phone calls rather than on - the - ground monitors, it has emerged, in a move triggering outrage from animal rights campaigners.

«Not only is the badger cull a disastrous failure on scientific and animal welfare grounds, it is also becoming an unacceptable burden on the taxpayer,» Dominic Dyer, CEO of the Badger Trust, said.

The cost finding is just the latest damaging blow to the badger cull programme.

The results are in - and the badger cull has been revealed for the cruel, money - wasting, scientifically illiterate experiment it was

«If the Tories» claims about animal welfare were true, they would have ruled out the return of foxhunting months ago, rethought their poorly regulated badger cull, and not tried to water down existing EU standards on animal welfare.»

The RSPCA supported The Badger Trust's legal challenge of a badger cull in England and we are bitterly disappointed it was not successful.

Opponents of the badger cull were jubilant yesterday after MPs were given the go - ahead to officially debate the policy.

I challenged David Cameron to stop the badger cull not only due to rising costs, animal welfare concerns and public anger, but also because of widespread criminal activity, which threatens the future of a species which is protected by law and has lived on this land for 300,000 years.

Environment Secretary Liz Truss has defended the badger cull following claims it may fail to meet its targets for a second year.

The British Veterinary Zoological Society has added its voice to the massive weight of scientific and public opposition to the Coalition's proposed badger cull.

Heathrow and the badger cull suggest government and MPs remain entirely uninterested in science.

Foster was also unable to abstain on the badger cull vote, due to his ministerial position, but that didn't stop him voicing his regret at Carmichael's disciplining of him on this issue.

«We don't need any more trials or pilots — the belief that badger culling represents an effective solution to the problem of TB in cattle has already been disproven.»

The other involved a large group of scientists pointing out the flaws in the government's current badger cull plan.

But, the lesson from the Republic of Ireland is that a badger cull, along with other measures, can help control the disease until then.

But despite the use of snares, the badger cull in the Republic of Ireland remains uncontroversial, something that «beggars belief» according to Fintan Kelly from the Irish Wildlife Trust.

In March 2012, the Bow Group released a report opposing the Government's plans to trial badger culling in England, stating that the findings of Labour's major badger culling trials several years earlier were that culling does not work.

She said she sat «head in hands» when Mr Corbyn wrongly accused the Government of «gassing» badgers during the badger cull - a practice which has been outlawed for decades.

Badgers are ultimately responsible for roughly half of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in areas with high TB prevalence, according to new estimates based on data from a previous badger culling trial.

The Randomised Badger Culling Trial, which ran from 1998 to 2005, found evidence that culling could reduce TB in herds inside culled areas, while increasing TB in areas nearby.

Such factors included the movement and life - cycles of badgers and cattle; how cattle are moved and housed; how frequently cattle are tested, different types of badger culling; and the infection rates between animals.

The modelling found that in a region containing about 1.5 m cows of which 3000 to 15,000 might have TB, badger culling could account for a reduction of 12 in the number of infected cattle.

«Our modelling provides compelling evidence, for those charged with controlling Bovine TB, that investment in increasing the frequency of cattle testing is a far more effective strategy than badger culling.»

Modelling produced by researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has found that the only effective potential Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) control strategies are badger culling, cattle testing, controlling cattle movement, and ceasing the practice of housing farm cattle together during winter.