PQ 148
148 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the Wildlife Service have been directed or obliged by his Department to grant licences to snare and shoot badgers in TB blackspot areas because of the allegations of a direct link between bovine TB and badgers as carriers in view of the unjustifiable suffering which badgers have to endure from snares and shooting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the Wildlife Service have been directed or obliged by his Department to grant licences to snare and shoot badgers in TB blackspot areas because of the allegations of a direct link between bovine TB and badgers as carriers in view of the unjustifiable suffering which badgers have to endure from snares and shooting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Eradication of Badgers.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Eradication of Badgers.
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/1992-07-09/148/
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