Call for Wales to review rejection of badger cull
The Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, Antoinette Sandbach AM, is calling on the Welsh Government to review its opposition to badger culling.
It follows a ruling by the High Court today that rejected an appeal by The Badger Trust to stop a badger cull going ahead in England.
Ms Sandbach says, "Wales was once in the forefront of TB eradication. It would be a tragedy for Welsh farmers if they were left behind due to political cowardice.”
The Badger Trust was fighting against a decision by the UK Government to hold two pilot culls.
In 2010, it successfully appealed a decision by the Welsh Government to kill badgers - leading them to choose a vaccination method instead.
But today, Mr Justice Ouseley rejected the legal challenge on the grounds that vaccination would not be a "sufficient response to the problem" in England.
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