Badger culls likely to go ahead in west Gloucestershire and west Somerset
A High Court challenge to a proposed cull of badgers in the West Country has been rejected.
A judge has ruled the pilot schemes in west Gloucestershire and west Somerset can go ahead.
The government has said it will help combat bovine tuberculosis, which costs the UK ÂŁ100m per year.
The Badger Trust, external believes a cull would be unscientific.