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Favourite UK Mammal – the ones that got away
Opinion piece by Fiona Mathews, Chair of the Mammal Society, and associate professor in mammalian biology at the University of Exeter. The poll for the Favourite UK Mammal has a shortlist of just 10 species. Yet there are about 64 land mammals (including bats) in the UK, and another 37 marine species found in our … Continue reading
Categories: Biology Week, Conservation, Nature, UK mammal poll
Tags: badgers, bats, Conservation, dormouse, environment, grey seal, mammals, UKMammalPoll, wildlife
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Bovine TB – should we kill the badgers?
Opinion piece by Professor Nigel Brown FRSB, President of the Microbiology Society. The control of bovine TB (bTB) in farm animals is complex. We have heard a lot about the role of badgers as a reservoir of bTB, which is then transmitted to cattle. This is the argument for culling badgers and several trials have … Continue reading
Categories: Policy, Regional Grant Scheme
Tags: agriculture, badger cull, badgers, Biosecurity, Bovine TB, Bovine Tuberculosis, camelids, cows, defra, farming, Tuberculosis
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