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Nature 426, 782-783 (18 December 2003) | doi:10.1038/nature02219; Published online 23 November 2003
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Ecology: Badger cull culled
Timothy J. Roper1
Abstract
Large-scale field trials have been under way to assess how effective badger culls are in stemming the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle. One culling tactic, it seems, increases occurrence of the disease.
If a disease is transmitted to humans or domestic animals by wildlife, an obvious policy option is to cull the wildlife that harbour the disease. This has been the logic underlying attempts in Britain to control bovine tuberculosis (caused by Mycobacterium bovis) in cattle, through the culling of badgers.
- Timothy J. Roper is in the Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK.
Email: T.J.Roper@sussex.ac.uk
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