Badger Culling

Badger culling is to be extended to seven new areas in England, including the South, this year as part of tackling bovine TB in cattle.

Campaigners say the cull should be halted immediately but farmers say the move will jeopardise the ability to control tuberculosis in cattle.

Forty-three cull zones were licensed across the UK last year, with a total of  35,034 badgers killed.