A judge rules in favour of two wildlife groups, which had brought a legal challenge against the plan.
By Louise CullenA high court judge has quashed a decision by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for a badger cull.The legal challenge was granted at the high court on the grounds that the department had failed to comply with consultations.implement a programme of badger cullingIn July 2021, then agriculture minister Edwin Poots held a public consultation in which he outlined a series of measures.
The department's decision to hold a cull was met with dismay from a number of wildlife charities and campaign groups who claimed that allowing farmers to use rifles to kill up to 4,000 badgers a year would be inhumane and ineffective. The NI Badger Group and Wild Justice claimed that a proper consultation on the strategy of the cull was not carried out, and a judicial review was granted on this basis.
Mr Justice Scoffield highlighted how the intervention involved highly emotive matters and a contested scientific backdrop over the proposal to cull a high proportion of health animals, which currently enjoy legal protection. "The respondent failed to comply with the requirements of a fair and lawful consultation by failing to provide consultees with sufficient information about the basis for its proposed decision… to permit them to engage meaningfully with the department's thinking," he said.
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