Badger cull: government promises it will be safe, humane and effective

SOURCE GUARDIAN: Badger cull: only small proportion of shootings to be monitored for humanenessThe government was accused of not properly assessing the animals' suffering after a freedom of information (FoI) request revealed that as few as 120 shootings will be independently observed, out of about 5,000 badgers set to be culled.

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