Why should badgers be culled?

• Rising infection rates of bTB in cattle in Britain may be correlated with lack of badger population control
• Badger culling in Ireland effective (Kao, 2012)
• Acoording to Defra (Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs):
  • To protect public health
  • To enhance animal welfare and health
  • To meet European Union’s food safety regulations
  • To decrease costs to farmers and taxpayers