Badger culls to go ahead after challenge fails
A challenge to culls which will kill thousands of badgers has failed at the Court of Appeal. The Badger Trust was challenging a decision in July to uphold government proposals for two pilot culls to tackle tuberculosis in cattle: one in West Gloucestershire and the other in West Somerset.
Badger cull challenge fails
The Badger Trust has lost its High Court challenge against a planned badger cull in Gloucestershire and West Somerset.
Badger cull challenge
The Court of Appeal to hear challenge against a High Court ruling upholding Government proposals for badger cull in West Somerset.