Badger cull expanded

[Catherine]

This is very sad. They have decided to expand the badger cull into new areas. As many as 42,000 more badgers will die.
There is no actual proof that culling badgers is helping curb the spread of TB. Scientists are not in favour of the cull. Farmers and politicians are.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...42000-shot

I presume politicians are in favour of the cull because farmers vote and badgers don't. It is so cruel to hunt and kill an animal for no real reason. It would make more sense to vaccinate cattle and badgers. It would also help if farms were more careful about transporting cows and keeping records.  Badgers do not move from one area to another. They stay in their own territory, so we know they cannot be the ones causing TB to spread.  None of this would matter if they invested in a vaccination program to prevent spread of the disease.
Until then, badgers die needlessly.