lead to the eradication of the disease in cattle, but that is simply not the case. Cattle-to-cattle transmission would continue, as demonstrated in low incidence areas such as Kent, where there is evidence that cattle-to-cattle transmission accounts for 80% or more of cases. While there is an indisputable link between badgers and bovine TB, many other animals also carry TB: deer, wild boar, foxes, alpacas and even cats and dogs. We need to be clear, therefore: instead of saying "No other country in the world has eradicated TB in cattle without tackling it in wildlife", the Government should state, "No other country in the world has eradicated TB in cattle." Therefore, we need to be realistic about what precisely a badger cull would achieve. Other cattle-farming countries have learned lessons from attempted culls. In Australia, Asian buffalo -- an introduced alien species thought to be spreading TB -- were culled by shooting from helicopters. However, TB in cattle was reduced only by draconian testing and the culling of cattle, with whole herds slaughtered -- that effectively kept TB under control for many decades. In New Zealand , brush-tailed possums, another introduced species, were poisoned for decades -- that went alongside draconian cattle-testing regimes. However, it has since been realised that poisoning is unsustainable, and scientists have recommended the vaccination of possums instead. In the USA , white-tailed deer in Michigan were found to be sharing feeding stations with cattle, thus allowing TB transmission. The simple solution was to separate the