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Farming Today: 10/02/2012

10/02/2012

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The Badger Trust says it is ready to take legal action to stop a badger cull in England.

The Badger Trust is threatening the government with legal action over its plans for two pilot badger culls in England.

A wildlife charity explains why it is ready to spend thousands of pounds to take legal action against the Government to try to stop two pilot badger culls in England. Speaking to Charlotte Smith, the Badger Trust explains why it believes the plans for free shooting badgers could be unlawful and explains why it could even help to spread the disease. Last year 25,000 cattle we slaughtered due to bovine TB. The Government says it will not comment on any legal action but that without the current approach which includes a cull the problem will get worse. 

And Charlotte Smith is rooting around a skip in Kings Cross. These skips are not filled with the usual rubbish but with fruit trees and plants. The idea is to make 2,012 green spaces as part of the Olympic legacy. But will anyone care in two years time? Charlotte Smith asks Rosie Boycott, London's Food Tzar, what the plans are for future-proofing London's new green spaces, and looks at the legacy of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics to see if their gardens are still blooming.

This programme is presented by Charlotte Smith and produced in Birmingham by Angela Frain.

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