Tens of thousands more badgers face being slaughtered after the Government announced it was widening its controversial cull.
Up to 29,164 of the creatures, blamed for spreading bovine tuberculosis around the countryside, could be killed after “supplementary” cull areas were revealed.
Badger Trust executive director Peter Hambly said: “The first thing many of this year’s new badger cubs will see when they come out of their sett is the barrel of a gun.
