Apr 07, 2014 20:51 By Tom Bryant The Princess, who lost rare breed cattle to TB spread by badgers, appeared on the BBC show and said gassing was “nicer” than shooting as they “go to sleep, basically” BBC’s Countryfile has been hit by complaints over Princess Anne’s call for badgers to be gassed . Viewers …
Investigation underway after TB cases linked to dispersal sale
4 April 2014 | By Alistair Driver A MAJOR veterinary investigation is underway after a number of herds across Britain tested positive for bovine TB following a dispersal sale from a Cumbrian dairy herd. More than 100 animals from a Cumbrian dairy were sold at the end of February at a market in Cheshire to …
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Devon & Somerset Staghounds charged with illegal hunting a second time
Tristan Cork | Posted: April 07, 2014 Devon & Somerset Staghounds charged with illegal hunting a second time One of the West’s biggest hunts has been charged with breaking the ban on hunting for a second time and now faces the prospect of fighting two court battles simultaneously. The joint master of the Devon & …
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Cull the Royal family not badgers
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/04/badgers-should-be-gassed-princess-anne-cull Badgers should be gassed, says Princess Anne Royal intervenes in badger cull debate advocating gassing of infected animals to curb bovine TB – a practice illegal since 1982 Matthew Weaver theguardian.com, Friday 4 April 2014 11.45 BST Princess Anne told the BBC: 'If we want to control badgers, the most humane way of doing …
Hunt cleared after saboteurs’ video fails to sway judge
By Western Morning News | Posted: April 03, 2014 Two Somerset huntsmen have been cleared of illegal fox hunting after evidence provided by hunt saboteurs failed to persuade a judge. Weston and Banwell Harriers joint hunt master George Milton, huntsman and whipper-In Toby Lee were both acquitted today (Thursday) after a four-day hearing at Taunton …
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No badger cull expansion after trial failure
3 April 2014 Last updated at 14:32 The government has said it will not expand badger culling to other areas this year to reduce TB in cattle. The environment department's original plan was to announce up to 10 new cull areas in South West England each year. Defra's own independent assessment shows that culls in …
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