Nottingham Post published Wildlife trust begins extensive programme to vaccinate badgers

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust has launched a massive fundraising campaign to vaccinate badgers against bovine tuberculosis in a key area on the county's border.The charity wants to raise £75,000 to vaccinate them annually for the next four years.As well as leading to the deaths of thousands of cows, bovine tuberculosiscosts the Government £100m each year to control the spread of the disease, test animals and compensate farmers whose cattle are compulsorily slaughtered.Thetrust's...