Includes the final report of the ISG which concluded that "no practicable method of badger culling can reduce the incidence of cattle TB to any meaningful extent, and several culling approaches may make matters worse. …rigidly applied control measures targeted at cattle can reverse the rising incidence of the disease, and halt its geographical spread."

Unfortunately famers are too caught up in the day-to-day problems of running their farms to take much notice of research and HMG doesn’t care enough to tackle the problem properly so just gives them what they want.