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Extension sought for badger cull
2013-10-08 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A pilot badger cull in west Somerset may be extended by up to three weeks as marksmen have failed to kill enough badgers to reach their original target. Sources at Defra say that 850 badgers have been shot in the area over the six-week trial, just over 40% of an initial target of 2,081. But those sources insist the Somerset cull has proven to be effective. They say new population data means there are far fewer badgers in the pilot area than originally thought. The controversial pilot culls set...
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