On one thing we are all agreed, bringing bovine TB under control requires a new strategy. The EFRA select committee echoed my long held view that a badger vaccine control strategy must be developed by DEFRA. The farming comunity, just like the public, is divided on the mertis of culling badgers. ||But Ian Johnson, spokesman for the National Farmers’ Union, said: "While we fully understand the fear and unease expressed by some in the farming community over badger culling, there are no easy fixes such as vaccines and controlling this very serious disease, which has human health as well as animal welfare implications for both cattle and badgers, now requires a control strategy using all available means||
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:32:57 +0000
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