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    t begins with a mild fever and malaise, and can develop into a chronic cough. The infection prospers in crowds and spreads fast. No, it’s not coronavirus, it’s bovine tuberculosis, an infectious disease in cattle. Efforts to control it have cost the UK 100,000 of its wild badgers (and counting). Is badger culling the answer to bTB? Or should we be vaccinating instead?

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    Neil Aldridge / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination showreel, created by Neil Aldridge.
    Neil Aldridge / Two European Badgers (Meles meles) search for food on farmland on a summer night. Somerset, UK.
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    Neil Aldridge / Two European Badgers (Meles meles) search for food on farmland on a summer night. Somerset, UK.
    Neil Aldridge / A cage trap is set to catch a European badger (Meles meles) as part of a programme to vaccinate badgers against TB in North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England...
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    Neil Aldridge / A cage trap is set to catch a European badger (Meles meles) as part of a programme to vaccinate badgers against TB in North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England...
    Neil Aldridge / A cage trap set to catch a European badger (Meles meles) as part of a programme to vaccinate badgers against TB in North Somerset, UK. The trap is baited with peanuts. Badger vaccination programmes ar...
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    Neil Aldridge / A cage trap set to catch a European badger (Meles meles) as part of a programme to vaccinate badgers against TB in North Somerset, UK. The trap is baited with peanuts. Badger vaccination programmes ar...
    Neil Aldridge / Peanuts, as used for feeding wild animals such as badgers and birds.
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    Neil Aldridge / Peanuts, as used for feeding wild animals such as badgers and birds.
    Neil Aldridge / A field worker baits a cage trap with peanuts in preparation for carrying out the vaccination of European Badgers (Meles meles) in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Badger vaccination programmes are be...
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    Neil Aldridge / A field worker baits a cage trap with peanuts in preparation for carrying out the vaccination of European Badgers (Meles meles) in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Badger vaccination programmes are be...
    Neil Aldridge / A field worker baits a cage trap with peanuts in preparation for carrying out the vaccination of European Badgers (Meles meles) in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Badger vaccination programmes are be...
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    Neil Aldridge / A field worker baits a cage trap with peanuts in preparation for carrying out the vaccination of European Badgers (Meles meles) in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Badger vaccination programmes are be...
    Neil Aldridge / A European badger (Meles meles) in a cage trap before being vaccinated against TB. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controlling the spre...
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    Neil Aldridge / A European badger (Meles meles) in a cage trap before being vaccinated against TB. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controlling the spre...
    Neil Aldridge / A European badger (Meles meles) in a cage trap before being vaccinated against TB. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controlling the spre...
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    Neil Aldridge / A European badger (Meles meles) in a cage trap before being vaccinated against TB. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controlling the spre...
    Neil Aldridge / A vaccinator prepares a syringe before vaccinating a European badger (Meles meles) against TB. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controll...
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    Neil Aldridge / A vaccinator prepares a syringe before vaccinating a European badger (Meles meles) against TB. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controll...
    Neil Aldridge / A vaccinator prepares a syringe before vaccinating a European badger (Meles meles) against TB. North Somerset, UK. . Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of contro...
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    Neil Aldridge / A vaccinator prepares a syringe before vaccinating a European badger (Meles meles) against TB. North Somerset, UK. . Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of contro...
    Neil Aldridge / A case with two syringes containing TB vaccine for badgers and a pair of scissors being used during a European badger vaccination programme in North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are bei...
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    Neil Aldridge / A case with two syringes containing TB vaccine for badgers and a pair of scissors being used during a European badger vaccination programme in North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are bei...
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