Badgers + TB true or false

artieanna

Just after seeing badgers mentioned in other thread, I'm curious, does anyone know are badgers definitly carriers of Tuberculosis. Over the years as farmers we have had cases of TB in our herd and are told by dept' agri' officials that badgers are known carriers. They apparently sometimes trap badgers and test them....

We have badgers and a number of very complex tunnels on a part of our land, would never report this as we think they should be left alone....

Anyone have views on this...

kincaid

The dept of agriculture and their cronies are corrupt as fuk

We are farming lands as many many years and had neighbours go down big with TB but the sets and badger paths are on our fields and our cattle never contracted TB.

The cameras of the dept go in the river along with their snares and the dept guys go into it too if I find them hunting badgers on myland

x567

This article is a bit old, and George can be a bit evangelical, but the facts don’t seem to support badgers being guilty to the extent that is generally suggested: https://www.monbiot.com/2010/11/15/spreading-the-white-plague/

fiacha

Badgers are confirmed carriers of T.B, along with all other mammals. The recorded occurrence of T.B in the badger population is high compared to other wild mammals which I presume is why they get blamed the most. I think deer are next highest.