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This document explains the reasons why it is necessary to tackle the reservoir of TB infection in badgers; the other options that have been considered; the benefits that we could expect culling to achieve and the rationale for the licence conditions that will be imposed to ensure these benefits are realised.

Further information

• Bovine TB – the government’s approach to controlling the disease

Downloads

14 December 2011

• The Government’s policy on Bovine TB and badger control in England (pdf, 450 KB)