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23 August 2016

New badger culling trials given go ahead across England

Badger culls are to be carried out in five new areas of England in a bid to control bovine TB, the BBC learns.

Via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-37158418

Tagged: #Wildlife

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