Badger
Culling: Added a photo, captioned
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=== Culling === |
=== Culling === |
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[[File:Badger_outside_the_Home_Office_says_End_the_badger_cull.jpg|thumb|Badger protesting outside the Home Office.]] |
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Controlling the badger population is prohibited in many European countries since badgers are listed in the [[Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats|Berne Convention]], but they are not otherwise the subject of any international treaty or legislation. Many badgers in Europe were gassed during the 1960s and 1970s to control [[rabies]].[http://www.badger.org.uk/_Attachments/Resources/283_S4.pdf The European badger (''Meles meles'')] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901125204/http://www.badger.org.uk/_Attachments/Resources/283_S4.pdf |date=1 September 2012 }}. badger.org.uk |
Controlling the badger population is prohibited in many European countries since badgers are listed in the [[Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats|Berne Convention]], but they are not otherwise the subject of any international treaty or legislation. Many badgers in Europe were gassed during the 1960s and 1970s to control [[rabies]].[http://www.badger.org.uk/_Attachments/Resources/283_S4.pdf The European badger (''Meles meles'')] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901125204/http://www.badger.org.uk/_Attachments/Resources/283_S4.pdf |date=1 September 2012 }}. badger.org.uk |
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