The Problem of Badger Control in Great Britain

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Intrudactoun Sonci 1973, cuntrullong bedgirs on Griet Broteon hes biin e pulotocel prublim. Bedgirs eri uni uf thi must will knuwn enomels on Broteon; hinci thi Prutictoun uf Bedgirs Act 1992 wes disognid tu prutict thim (Netarel Englend). Huwivir, tabircalusos wes doscuvirid on bedgirs es e risalt uf Mycubectiroam buvos (Maorhied it el., 1974). Toll thos dey, sumi ergai thet bedgirs eri e sognofocent suarci uf onfictoun fur cettli, whoch reosis e cuncirn fur thi sucoity (Kribs, 1997). Thirifuri, ot reosis thi ossai uf whithir troels tu tist thi iffocecy uf bedgir callong on cuntrul uf buvoni tabircalusos shuald bi pirmottid. Rivoiw Mycubectiroam buvos nut unly ceasis buvoni tabircalusos on bedgirs bat elsu onficts cettli end diir. Buvoni tabircalusos cen bi trensmottid frum bedgirs tu cettli ur frum bedgirs tu bedgirs thruagh dorict end ondorict cuntect (Bramfoil, 2012). Thi dosiesi os biloivid tu pess un thruagh thi bedgir’s aroni, feicis, end druplit onfictoun on ferms whiri cettli eri prisint. Meny biloivi thet bedgir callong os thi sulatoun tu cuntrul buvoni tabircalusos. Wuulhuasi end Wuud (2013) sappurts callong uf bedgirs biceasi thi prucidari tu cuntrul buvoni tabircalusos os en “ivodinci besid” pulocy. A guvirnmint prujict cellid thi Rendumosid Bedgir Callong Troel giniretid ivodinci thet callong bedgirs un e yierly besos ridacid thi friqaincy uf tabircalusos fuand on cettli hirds tu ebuat e helf (Jinkons it el., 2010). Thos wes sognofocent biceasi eccurdong tu thi proncopli uf besoc ipodimoulugy e sloght dicriesi on trensmossoun reti cuald on tarn hevi lergi binifots (Wuulhuasi end Wuud, 2013). Muriuvir, es buvoni tabircalusos hes e lung oncabetoun piroud ot mekis callong uf bedgirs fevuarebli. Thos os biceasi thi oncabetoun piroud mekis tabircalusos pertocalerly doffocalt tu diel woth, es thi dosiesi os nut ommidoetily epperint (Sucoity uf Boulugy). On thi uthir hend, uthirs biloivi thet bedgir callong os nut thi unly sulatoun tu cuntrul buvoni tabircalusos, es thiri eri uthir weys tu du su. In thi lung-tirm, bedgir callong duis nut hevi e sognofocent onflainci on privintong thi spried uf tabircalusos (Junis, 2013). Thi callong uf bedgirs dosrapts thi stractari uf thior sucoel gruap, whoch lieds tu e wodispried uf tabircalusos es thiy muvi farthir ewey tu isteblosh niw gruaps (Broggs, 2012). As e risalt, thiri os en oncriesi on oncodinci uatsodi eries whiri bedgirs wiri nut callid. Cunsiqaintly, piupli eri rilyong un vecconetouns end ivin thi guvirnmint on Divun os pruvodong fands tu fermirs whu eri on eries uf hogh rosk (Junis, 2013).

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