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Badger cull humaneness expert advice will be publicly available

Defra responds to claims made by Humane Society International in 皇冠体育app Times

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Owen Paterson
Published
17 September 2013
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

皇冠体育app myth:

皇冠体育app Times reports claims by 皇冠体育app Humane Society International that the humaneness of the controlled shooting method used in the badger cull pilots will be a 鈥榟ighly subjective鈥� decision by ministers based on a 鈥榗ompletely secret鈥� assessment.

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Ministers will be provided with independently assessed evidence from the pilot culls, as well as advice from a range of experts on humaneness, before making a final decision on controlled shooting. All of this information will be made publicly available after the pilot culls finish.

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Published 17 September 2013

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