This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Stop the proposed 2019 Badger Cull and investigate alternate vaccination program
DEFRA has recently published there recommendations on the minimum and maximum amount of Badgers to be culled in the UK. There is are scientific arguments that killing of Badgers is ineffective and costly, where these costs could be used better on a UK wide Badger Vaccination program.
More details
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/830811/tb-min-max-numbers1.pdf
https://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/175/4/90
http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/files/9414/1207/5090/badger-tuberculosis-vaccine-factsheet-download-only.pdf
https://www.tbhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AR-factsheet-badger-vaccination.pdf
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/273999
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