Falling on deaf ears?
I have always been very sceptical about badgers spreading TB.
Firstly there are far too many wild antelopes running around and jumping over biosecurity barriers unchecked.
Secondly the technical equipment for testing blood samples is far too sensitive and will detect virus fragments that are not viable.
The cull pundits will not disclose there test procedure. Bear in mind that an antibody test just says the virus has been there and that any remaining fragments are almost certainly not capable of causing another infection.
The vast majority of virus fragments that are likely to be in a blood sample from a badger will have already have passed through the immune system of an earthworm before being ingested by a badger. Many young warm blooded creatures including human infants naturally suck on or consume earthworms in order to get the virus fragments out of them as a natural vaccine.
I have always felt that a cull should not take place until viable virus has been obtained from badger dung.
I am under the impression that the badger cull pundits have bought a second hand virus tester that is seeing non viable fragments as a false positive. They will never pay the full price for a new one for sure.