Independent evidence backs call for a badger cull


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In your Editorial 'In for the cull' (Nature 450, 1; doi:10.1038/450001b 2007), you implied that my assessment of the scientific evidence relating to bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle and


badgers was influenced by political considerations. This attack on my integrity as the government's chief scientific adviser has no foundation whatsoever. The editorial staff of a journal


surely understand fully the importance of scientific challenge and debate, as distinct from personal attacks. Yet your Editorial does not address the science.


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