BC1_Countryfile - Cornwall on the pros and cons of vaccinating badgers against TB rather than culling

Tom investigates the pros and cons of vaccinating badgers against TB rather than culling. He visits a project being run by Cornwall Wildlife Trust, the Institute of Zoology and farmers in St Austell. Tom gets up at the crack of dawn to see how the badgers are vaccinated and hear how blood tests will enable further research.

Professor Rosie Woodroffe: Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London

Keith Truscott: Dairy farmer (pro vaccination)

Cheryl Marriott: Head of Conservation at Cornwall Wildlife Trust

Emma Ead: Dairy farmer (pro vaccination)

Martin Howlett: Mixed livestock farmer/chairman of Cornwall RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution) (pro cull)

Alex Stevens: Regional Policy Manager at NFU

Vaccination of badgers against TB is gaining ground in Cornwall
https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/badger-vaccination-information