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Badger Cull

Proceeding contribution from Mary Creagh (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 5 June 2013. It occurred during Opposition day on Badger Cull.

I do not know whether there is just one. I am assuming that there are more than one.

The farmers have given me permission to read out the letter. It states that the consultation by DEFRA’s Animal Health and Welfare Board and

“the published reports from these events show no consensus for a badger cull. They also show that farmers are concerned about the indiscriminate shooting of large numbers of badgers”.

There is also a letter from the British Veterinary Association in The Independent today that criticises the support for the cull. I think that it is fair to say that the veterinary community is also divided on the issue. That is problematic, because it is never good to have a policy that divides the country so bitterly.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
563 cc1522-3 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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