North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

Super Furry Animals

The Irish Times reported that around 20% of TB cases (in cattle) can be attributed to badgers. Which makes you wonder what causes the other 80%. The vast amounts of money that have been spent trying to eradicate TB in Ireland have benefited vets immensely but had little effect on the problem. Blaming badgers is all very well, but there are an equal number of badgers in the rest of Europe but the TB problem is much less. There is the small issue of cattle smuggling, illegal movements of animals, etc. Of course, all of these sneaky things were identified in the Beef Tribunal a decade ago that managed to conclude that absolutely no-one was to blame, and therefore nothing needed to be done.
The latest plan is to vaccinate all badgers against TB (which probably won't make any difference either). Maybe they should vaccinate the farmers instead.