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Fresh hope to end badger cull as bTB skin test trials for cows get underway Mirror 9 hrs ago Ben Glaze Trials are underway of a skin test and cattle vaccine which could finally end the controversial badger cull, Britain's top vets announced today. A pilot has begun on a farm in Hertfordshire which wildlife campaigners hope will save tens of thousands of badgers every year. In a world first, field trials for a cattle jab and skin test for bovine tuberculosis have been given the green light, the Animal and Plant Health Agency revealed. The skin test represents a major breakthr...

More than half of England’s badgers will be killed if the Government does not stop culling before the programme’s official end in 2026, campaign groups warned last night. The Government confirmed yesterday that it will not issue new licences for culling badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle after 2022. Culling will eventually cease entirely when licences expire in 2026. Since the controversial badger cull started in 2013, to control bovine tuberculosis, more than 140,000 badgers have been shot. Badgers carry bTB, which leads to farmers having to cull infected dairy herds, although the...