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UK culls 17,000 cattle due to TB in the first half

11/09/2013

Figures published by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs show 17,285 cattle were culled in the first half of the year in the UK due to TB. The government has ordered the culling of 5,000 badgers in south west England in an attempt to stop the spread. Some evidence suggests sustained culls of badgers under controlled...

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