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Thank you for contacting me about Badgers and controlling the spread of bovine TB.
Bovine tuberculosis threatens our cattle industry and presents a risk to other livestock, wildlife, pets and humans. Dealing with the disease costs the taxpayer over £100 million each year and the latest official statistics show that more than 27,000 cattle were compulsorily slaughtered in England to control the disease in the last year.