Badger cull 'not cost effective'
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Culling badgers is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of controlling cattle tuberculosis, government scientists conclude.
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Paris - Wolves, lions, cheetahs and other predators inflict relatively few losses on livestock and farmers gain only a temporary boost if these marauders are culled, New Scientist says.
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Herds growing: South African farmers say they are destructive and dangerous. In the West, they are perhaps the most beloved of the big game species. So a proposal to cull the expanding elephant population is controversial. A12  U.S. attorneys: One of eight U.S.
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Â·   Killing wild animals 'can limit spread of cattle TB' Â·  Comments contradict independent report
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Scientists in China may use a police dog to teach pandas to fight after the first artificially bred panda released into the wild was apparently killed after a battle with other animals, local media reported on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON -- An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study to be released today estimates that as many as 23,000 animals were slaughtered last year.
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Â· 31 animals found dead in field  Â· Charities describe scene of unprecedented cruelty
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China&#39;s Wolong Nature Reserve is unwired to aid researchers in the study of the endangered giant panda. A broadband and wireless communications network within China&#39;s Wolong
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The UK chief scientist told ministers a badger cull could stop the spread of TB in cattle, the BBC learns.
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Working with cheetahs, the world's fastest land animal and now an endangered species, is a bit different from treating cats and dogs, but Bertrand Lafrance felt he had little choice.
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WEST BEND, Wis. - An arctic fox that a woman bought as a pet created a stink for neighbors who tipped police about an exotic animal in their apartment complex...
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Wisconsin's dramatically increased Canada goose flock is laying problems, not the fabled golden eggs. The majestic birds are nuisances &#151; at golf courses, parks and other places near water and lush with grass &#151; because of the mess they leave behind, not to mention their sometimes aggressive behavior.
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The government chief scientist's recommendations to ministers on badger culling were 'hastily written', 'superficial' and 'selective' according to the scientist who led the government's study into the problem of cattle TB.
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Working with cheetahs, the world's  fastest land animal and now an endangered species, is a bit  different from treating cats and dogs, but Bertrand Lafrance  felt he had little choice.
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A death sentence hanging over hedgehogs on a remote Scottish island was lifted, after conservationists agreed to end an annual cull that has become a prickly issue among animal welfare groups.
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LONDON - Defeated in Parliament, British hunting supporters went to court Friday seeking to uphold their right to chase foxes. The Countryside Alliance, which staged mass demonstrations in the losing battle
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study  released  yesterday estimates that as many as 23,000 of the animals were slaughtered...