The development of legislation dealing with badger culling for bTB control is extremely complex as multiple issues need to be considered (Garner et al., 2007):

• Potential risk to human health
• Consumers worried over contaminated livestock
• Adequate funding for vaccines and being able to diagnose bTB
• Impact on economic relationship with trading partners
• Epidemiological and economic models
• Public opinion

Currently there are a number of policies and regulations regarding this issue, described in the following posts. However, at the moment there is no United Kingdom wide policy implemented.