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Culls only effective at killing badgers, says Labour Shadow Defra Secretary

The Labour Partys new Shadow Defra Secretary, Jim McMahon, has claimed culls are only effective in the sense that you have a dead badger at the end of it.

Abi Kay
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Culls only effective at killing badgers, says Labour Shadow Defra Secretary

The Labour Partys new Shadow Defra Secretary, Jim McMahon, has claimed culls are only effective in the sense that you have a dead badger at the end of it. Mr McMahon went on to suggest there would...

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