Restrictions on cattle ''possible''

Originally from: brentns
                        
The movement of cattle could be restricted under government plans to eradicate bovine tuberculosis.

The minister responsible for animal health, Ben Bradshaw, told BBC Radio 4's Farming Today This Week programme that farmers would be consulted on the issue soon.

He said he expected opposition from some following his decision to stop killing badgers, which are suspected of spreading the disease.

Farmers have described the decision to halt badger culling in areas surrounding farms where there have been outbreaks of bovine TB as "a dereliction of duty" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3252515.stm