Article: Follow Welsh example for badger cull, demands CLA ; Landowners in the South West say environment ministers should follow the Welsh example in tackling bovine TB.

Landowners in the South West say environment ministers should follow the Welsh example in tackling bovine TB.

The Country, Land and Business Association (CLA) says TB is endemic in badgers and needs to be dealt with in the interests of badger welfare as well as in the interests of disease control in cattle and other animals.

The Welsh Assembly Government has agreed to remove all sources of infection on farms, which includes cattle and badgers.

John Mortimer, the CLA's South West regional director, said: "The cost of TB in human misery, domestic and wild animal welfare and in financial terms is spiralling. The current control mechanisms employed in England are clearly not working - yet the ...

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