A CULL of badgers to tackle bovine TB will go ahead in north Pembrokeshire, it was announced yesterday (Wednesday).
Around 1500 badgers will be culled and stricter cattle measures introduced, Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones said.
The cull area will be located mainly in north Pembrokeshire, but will also include small areas of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.
Elin Jones said: “Bovine TB is out of control and unsustainable and last year cost the taxpayer nearly £24million in compensating farmers. This is a dramatic rise since 2000, when the compensation bill was just over £1million.”
The date for the cull has yet to be finalised.
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