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Badger cull plan sparks fury from campaign group

THIS IS DERBYSHIRE
3 May 2011

ANIMAL rights group PETA says it could launch a protest or campaign in Derbyshire if farmers in the county are given the go-ahead to cull badgers.

The Government has been consulting on how to deal with the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

A decision is now expect-ed within the next few months.

Farmers and landowners could be issued with licences to shoot badgers, which are blamed for spreading the disease to cattle herds.

West Derbyshire and East Staffordshire are among the areas which the National Farmers' Union says are badly hit by tuberculosis.

A spokeswoman for PETA, which stands for People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, called the Government proposals "speciesism".

She said: "In the UK, the jury is still out on whether badgers play any significant part in communicating diseases to cattle or to woodland fairies for that matter, so what happened to at least giving these animals the benefit of the doubt?

"As for any potential demonstrations or campaigning in your area over this, we are keeping our options open.The Derby Telegraph has reported how the Animal Liberation Front said its members would damage culling equipment if the proposals went ahead.

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