More than 30,000 badgers were slaughtered in the latest Government-backed cull, figures showed today.
A total of 33,687 were killed last autumn through shooting and cage trapping - triggering fury among animal welfare campaigners.
It takes to 174,517 the total number of the creatures culled since the cull began in 2013 - prompting warnings the species could become extinct in parts of the country.
