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11 Sep 2014:
Patrick Barkham: There is little activity, no gunfire or marksmen in sight, but is the silence of the countryside misleading?
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9 Sep 2014: Activists claim victory as renewed government bid to fight bovine TB sparks anger with critics blasting it as cruel and ineffective
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9 Sep 2014:
Government says scheme is under way in the two counties to limit the spread of TB in cows
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5 Sep 2014: Second round of night-time shoots in Gloucestershire and Somerset to begin but without independent monitors
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29 Aug 2014: Badger Trust was seeking a ruling to block the latest cull from proceeding without independent monitoring
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26 Aug 2014:
Natural England issues authorisation letters for culling in Gloucestershire and Somerset in bid to tackle bovine TB
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21 Aug 2014: Badger Trust applies for judicial review against environment department over lack of independent oversight panel
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21 Aug 2014: Country diary: Achvaneran, Highlands: Smaller badgers, uneasy at sharing their snack, fled when the doe appeared, but the biggest and most dominant barely hesitated before starting to eat
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19 Aug 2014:
Farmers and landowners in East Sussex given opportunity to vaccinate badgers against bovine tuberculosis
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18 Jul 2014:
Treating the ground beneath our feet as a puzzle with clues to solve can make us far more aware of the world around us, writes Tom Cox
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17 Jul 2014: Next up, mortality of new environment secretary Liz Truss in the balance as animals brief extends to man in lap and flies at court
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15 Jul 2014:
Damian Carrington: Liz Truss replaces Owen Paterson as environment secretary, while William Hague and Greg Barker – rare strong green voices in the Conservative party – also leave government
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3 Jul 2014: A study says tuberculosis in cattle could be most effectively controlled by the mass culling of the UK herd. But what is the most practical way to combat the disease? With your help, Karl Mathiesen investigates.
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3 Jul 2014: Matthew Kelly: 'A pogrom against the badger' was initially averted but gassing of badgers followed eventually, despite a troubled relationship between science and policy in government
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2 Jul 2014:
National-scale research heavily contradicts government’s badger policy and says emphasis on cattle is only way to curb epidemic
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