Badgers (Control Areas) Order 1977
Whereas the Minister in satisfied in the case of the areas described in the Schedule to this Order (a) that there exists among badgers in the aforesaid areas tuberculosis which has been or is being transmitted from badgers to cattle, and (b) that destruction of badgers in the aforesaid areas is necessary in order to eliminate, or substantially reduce the incidence of, tuberculosis in cattle in those areas;

And whereas the Minister is further satisfied that the use of certain methods that wou...