Stop the Cull finds number of herds with
TB outbreak, in Dorset cull zone and at its
edge, increased after badger killing began
Friday 19 February
2016 18.25 GMTLast modified on Friday 19 February 201622.01 GMT
The government’s controversial badger
cull has led to a rise in the number of cases of tuberculosis found in cattle
in one of the programme’s key geographical areas, say animal rights activists.
Rather than the number of cases of bovine
TB falling among herds in and on the edge of the badger killing area in Dorset , they have been increasing, it was claimed. The
campaign group Stop the Cull suggests
this was due to “perturbation”, referring to the way culling may disrupt badger
social groups, leading probably to more widespread roaming (including migration
into cull areas), and consequently the disease spreading.
The claims came as the government
announced thatNatural England
had received 29 applications or expressions of interest from
farmers’ groups wanting a badger cull in their area. Natural England Cornwall , Devon, Dorset,
Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset ,
Wiltshire, Worcestershire and Cheshire
Stop the Cull, which has championed
direct action against the government’s
programme, has analysed official
figures recording outbreaks of bovine TB in Dorset, where culling
began in the autumn.
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