Thursday, August 8, 2013

Badger cull will be carried out as Coalition has courage to do it, says David Cameron



'The Prime Minister warned that the Government could spend "another billion pounds" dealing with the consequences of bovine TB, which is partly spread by badgers, if culls are not carried out.

He said the Coalition had the political courage to help the countryside, telling BBC Radio 4's Farming Today: "They are going to go ahead and it's important that they go ahead.

"I think the countryside needs from the Government not just cash and commitment but it needs courage.'

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