Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Badgers, as we know, are a protected species, yet the Department annually culls 6,000 of them in a practice which the Irish Wildlife Trust has described as inhumane and barbaric. The trust has cited many instances of lactating females being culled while their cubs are left to starve underground.

We have long been promised a vaccination programme as an alternative. What is going on? When will it be implemented?

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