As reported in the latest issue of Shooting Times, the Food and Farming minister Jeff Rooker will make a decision on 24 October regarding licensed badger culling, but, in the meantime, the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and National Beef Association have accumulated a 1,050-strong petition.
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The petition argues that culling is essential for the control of bovine tuberculosis (TB) and has been signed by enough farmers to cover more than 70 per cent of the proposed culling zone in Devon and Cornwall.
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Susan Amer
April 16 19:17
Steve Gullick
April 16 17:51
Why can't farmers do the bloody job properly and stop blaming everyone and everything for their own balls ups.
John
October 23 14:18