The Guardian

Humaneness of badger cull to be judged on noise of dying animals

The noises made by shot badgers and comparisons with harpooned whales will be among the measures used to assess the humaneness of badger culls in England, a government document seen by the Guardian ...
JSTOR Daily

Use of Anaesthetized Animals to Test Humaneness of Killing Traps

Using anaesthetized animals to test potential humaneness of killing traps, initiated in the 1970s, was based on the knowledge that anesthesia minimizes animal stress. Our study focus was to determine ...
Crime

Chris Packham leads wildlife campaigners' legal case to challenge humaneness of badger cull

Wildlife campaigners led by the TV presenter Chris Packham have launched a legal case to challenge the humaneness of the badger cull. The group Wild Justice claims Natural England has failed to ensure ...
BBC

Badger culls were 'ineffective and failed humaneness test'

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Pallab Ghosh reports on both sides of the cull row An independent scientific assessment of ...
BBC

Badger culls were 'ineffective and failed humaneness test'

An independent scientific assessment of last year's pilot badger culls in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset has concluded that they were not effective. Analysis commissioned by the government ...