The badger cull will continue this year despite the coronavirus crisis, the Government has vowed. Campaigners had called for the controversial killing scheme to be scrapped for 2020 because of the risk marksmen could fuel the spread of Covid-19 as they hunted the animals.
But, in a letter seen by the Mirror, Environment Minister Lord Gardiner confirmed the cull would go-ahead this autumn. He told Badger Trust chief executive Dominic Dyer the pandemic was no time to axe the project, which supporters claim helps curb the transmission of bovine TB:.
The Tory peer said: “Tackling bovine TB (bTB) remains a top priority in this period of crisis. “Our efforts to combat this disease are key to ensure the productivity of the food chain. “That is why