http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34084352
The badger cull is to be extended into Dorset following pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset, the government has announced.
Ministers and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) say culling badgers will curb tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, but protesters say it has little effect.
Licences have been granted to allow six weeks of continuous culling in the three counties until 31 January
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