
doi: 10.1136/vr.f3631
pmid: 23749360
I WOULD like to explain the role of the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) in the badger culling pilots.The IEP was established to help ministers evaluate the effectiveness (in terms of the numbers of animals removed), humaneness and safety of shooting badgers in the two pilot areas. There are two broad strands to the terms of reference for the IEP: quality assurance and quality control. The quality assurance aspect of the terms of reference relates to overseeing …
Veterinary Medicine, Mustelidae, Animals, Population Control, Policy Making, Societies, Tuberculosis, Bovine
Veterinary Medicine, Mustelidae, Animals, Population Control, Policy Making, Societies, Tuberculosis, Bovine
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