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LBC caller suggests shipping badgers to Falklands and Shetland islands

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LBC bizarrely caller suggests shipping TB-ridden badgers to Falklands and Shetland islands

An LBC caller has suggested an alternative to culling badgers - vaccinating them and shipping them out to the Falklands and Shetland Islands.

The UK government has allowed the licensed culling of badgers in England as a temporary measure to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB) since 2013.

Government research indicated that large-scale culling can achieve an overall reduction in TB rates in cattle, but rates can increase again a few years after culling stops.

"You don't need to kill them," the caller told LBC as he advocated for taking the badgers to the islands.

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