{"id":52944,"date":"2020-03-06T15:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=52944"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:10:27","slug":"badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Thousands of badgers will still die before these culls are finally stopped but Cardiff Animal Rights group are over the moon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53001\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53001\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Badger cull to be phased out as government favours vaccine<br> Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@vincentvanzalinge?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Vincent van Zalinge<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/badger?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Animal Rights group are happy the government are phasing out badger cull, but want people to take to the streets and join them fighting &#8220;this barbarity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A study by the Animal and Plant Health Agency found cattle vaccination<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>may well be<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>effective at stopping the spread of Bovine TB among cattle herds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff campaign group Animal Rights says, &#8220;we are over the moon that this senseless cull is finally going to come to an end, but we know it is still so important to fight them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They campagin group said as thousands of badgers will still die before these culls are finally stopped and we call for people to take to the streets and join us in fighting this barbarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Badger culls will be staggered as the environment secretary announced badger culling would be phased<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>bent<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>end the &#8216;indefinite&#8217; killing of badgers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Environment Department (Defra) said there<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>are<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>plans to vaccinate more badgers &#8211;<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>which may<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>transmit TB to livestock &#8211; against the disease and a &#8220;gradual phasing out of intensive culling&#8221; of the wild animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environment Secretary, George Eustice said in a Government\u2019s strategy: &#8220;Bovine TB<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>may be aslow-moving and insidious disease<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>resulting in<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>the slaughter of over 30,000 cattle<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>each year<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and considerable trauma for farmers as they suffer the loss of highly prized animals and valued herds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53000\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53000\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Close up of badger.<br>Source: Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@rohoff703?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Robert Hoffmann<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/badger-cull?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The shift in strategy has been made possible by a breakthrough by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>which can<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>allow<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>field trials of a cattle vaccine, with efforts to accelerate the vaccine&#8217;s deployment within five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UK Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss said: &#8220;This ground-breaking research<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>distributed<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>by Apha has enabled us to<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>lead off<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>the primary<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>step of<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>the sphere<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>trials required to license the cattle vaccine and test it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>are<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>plans<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>to boost<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>the cattle testing regime to intercept the disease earlier<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>and take away<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>it from herds more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phasing out of the badger cull will begin where four-year cull cycles have finished, and vaccinations will begin.\u00a0This will enable the 2038 goal to wipe out the disease to be more achievable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The environment secretary has announced the badger culls\u00a0are going to be\u00a0replaced by vaccination programmes\u00a0to stop the spread of Bovine Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":456,"featured_media":53002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[695],"class_list":["post-52944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The environment secretary has announced the badger culls are going to be replaced by vaccination programmes to stop the spread of TB in cattle and badgers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end - InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The environment secretary has announced the badger culls are going to be replaced by vaccination programmes to stop the spread of TB in cattle and badgers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-06T15:10:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rachel Nurse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rachel Nurse\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine\",\"name\":\"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end - InterCardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-06T15:10:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d05e6cb8bd37229a94d6f3b49af1ea5\"},\"description\":\"The environment secretary has announced the badger culls are going to be replaced by vaccination programmes to stop the spread of TB in cattle and badgers.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"Badger cull to be phased out as government favours vaccine Photo by Vincent van Zalinge on Unsplash\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\",\"name\":\"InterCardiff\",\"description\":\"A global city for internationalists\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d05e6cb8bd37229a94d6f3b49af1ea5\",\"name\":\"Rachel Nurse\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/14ce38f95ad79eeec27c60709aee2b6c\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f015fef701eb30534e8e9a1e646124ef770d02fadc2f3a72e4746ec40381d765?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f015fef701eb30534e8e9a1e646124ef770d02fadc2f3a72e4746ec40381d765?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rachel Nurse\"},\"description\":\"Multimedia journalist\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/rachel-nurse\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end - InterCardiff","description":"The environment secretary has announced the badger culls are going to be replaced by vaccination programmes to stop the spread of TB in cattle and badgers.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end - InterCardiff","og_description":"The environment secretary has announced the badger culls are going to be replaced by vaccination programmes to stop the spread of TB in cattle and badgers.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine","og_site_name":"InterCardiff","article_published_time":"2020-03-06T15:10:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rachel Nurse","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rachel Nurse","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine","name":"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end - InterCardiff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-06T15:10:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d05e6cb8bd37229a94d6f3b49af1ea5"},"description":"The environment secretary has announced the badger culls are going to be replaced by vaccination programmes to stop the spread of TB in cattle and badgers.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/badger-1-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"Badger cull to be phased out as government favours vaccine Photo by Vincent van Zalinge on Unsplash"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/badger-culls-are-set-to-phase-out-as-the-government-prefers-vaccine#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cardiff campaign group celebrate badger culls coming to an end"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/","name":"InterCardiff","description":"A global city for internationalists","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d05e6cb8bd37229a94d6f3b49af1ea5","name":"Rachel Nurse","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/14ce38f95ad79eeec27c60709aee2b6c","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f015fef701eb30534e8e9a1e646124ef770d02fadc2f3a72e4746ec40381d765?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f015fef701eb30534e8e9a1e646124ef770d02fadc2f3a72e4746ec40381d765?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rachel Nurse"},"description":"Multimedia journalist","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/rachel-nurse"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52944"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=52944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}