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“Dr Cassidy draws pertinent general conclusions about generating policy and mediating the role of the expert in today’s science-sceptic and increasingly polarised society... It is both a useful and original contribution, specifically to the history of zoonotic disease policy, and policy history more generally.” —Helen Bynum, Author of Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis (2012) This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several professional generations of politicians, policymakers, experts and campaigners since the early 1970s. Questions of what is known, who knows, who cares, who to trust and what to do about this complex problem have been the source of scientific, policy, and increasingly vociferous public debate ever since. This book integrates contemporary history, science and technology studies, human-animal relations, and policy research to conduct a cross-cutting analysis. It explores the worldviews of those involved with animal health, disease ecology and badger protection between the 1970s and 1990s, before reintegrating them to investigate the recent public polarisation of the controversy. Finally it asks how we might move beyond the current impasse.

Great Britain-History. --- Medicine. --- Animal welfare. --- Environmental policy. --- History, Modern. --- Medical geography. --- History of Britain and Ireland. --- History of Medicine. --- Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics. --- Environmental Policy. --- Modern History. --- Medical Geography. --- Diseases --- Geographical distribution of diseases --- Geographical pathology --- Geography, Medical --- Geomedicine --- Medical topography --- Pathology, Geographic --- Topography, Medical --- Geography --- Medical climatology --- World health --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Health Workforce --- Geographical distribution --- Government policy --- Abuse of --- Social aspects --- Great Britain --- History. --- England --- History --- Great Britain—History. --- Medicine—History. --- Badgers --- Tuberculosis in cattle --- Control --- Prevention. --- Bovine tuberculosis --- Cattle --- Melinae --- Mustelidae --- Infections --- Great Britain—History --- Medicine—History --- Animal welfare --- Environmental policy --- History, Modern --- Medical geography