An RSPCA veterinary officer inoculating a badger against TB at the West Hatch Animal centre at Taunton in Somerset as an alternative to prevent the widespread culling of the wild animals by farmers fearful of the spread of the disease to their livestock.

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Location: Taunton, Somerset, England
Photo credit: © David Parker / Alamy / Afripics
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