A challenge to culls that will kill thousands of badgers has failed at the court of appeal in England. Badger Trust, which promotes the conservation and welfare of badgers and the protection of their setts and habitats for the public benefit, argued killing badgers would make no meaningful contribution to tackling TB in cattle, and claimed the scheme could lead to thousands of badgers being "pointlessly killed" over the next four years. In England, two private companies have been set up by farmers to manage the cull, using trained marksmen to shoot badgers at night on farm land in the two pilot areas, each the size of the Isle of Wight. Licences allowing the cull are expected to be issued shortly by the government agency, Natural England.
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