The evidence is that the setts are left untouched. That has already been demonstrated. They are often repopulated by healthy badgers, which then pick up the disease.
Badger Cull
Proceeding contribution from
Angela C Smith
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 October 2012.
It occurred during Backbench debate
and
e-petition debate on Badger Cull.
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Session
2012-13
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