Further criticism of Welsh TB decision
The NFU Cymru’s deputy president has attacked the Welsh Government’s decision to opt against badger culling and has urged farmers to continue carrying out all available preventative measures.
Stephen James spoke at an on-farm meeting at Cefnddwysarn, near Bala, highlighting the “creeping nature” of the disease in Wales over the past two decades.
He commented: “The disappointment is that the Welsh Government has now removed the opportunity to cull badgers in the Intensive Action Area in North Pembrokeshire and without their removal this source of bTB infection will remain.
He added: “The vaccination of badgers which has just started there is as yet unproven. The worry and reality in the meantime is that this terrible disease will continue to creep northwards and westwards threatening the cattle and the wildlife of currently clean areas such as Meirionnydd.”
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