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Shadow Defra Secretary committed to short-term badger cull

He said the cull would continue in the short term, adding there was enough reason to see it was a way of 鈥榩reventing transmission'. But he added it was not a 鈥榮ustainable answer to the problem' and wanted to work with farmers to develop the cattle vaccine

Rachael Brown
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Shadow Defra Secretary committed to short-term badger cull

Labour says will continue with the badger cull 鈥榠n the short term', but it was not a 鈥榮ustainable long term solution' to tackling bTB and the vaccine must get over the line. That was the message from...

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