![More than a third of England's badgers now killed as legal battle launched over new Northern Ireland cull | The Independent More than a third of England's badgers now killed as legal battle launched over new Northern Ireland cull | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2013/12/19/17/badger.jpg)
More than a third of England's badgers now killed as legal battle launched over new Northern Ireland cull | The Independent
![A very close shot of a badger at night in suburban garden, Hastings, East Sussex, UK as it sniffs at peanuts left for food Stock Photo - Alamy A very close shot of a badger at night in suburban garden, Hastings, East Sussex, UK as it sniffs at peanuts left for food Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EENME5/a-very-close-shot-of-a-badger-at-night-in-suburban-garden-hastings-EENME5.jpg)
A very close shot of a badger at night in suburban garden, Hastings, East Sussex, UK as it sniffs at peanuts left for food Stock Photo - Alamy
![Dead Badger shot by farmer. Badgers are protected but some get killed by shotgun. They are nocturnal, hunt at night Stock Photo - Alamy Dead Badger shot by farmer. Badgers are protected but some get killed by shotgun. They are nocturnal, hunt at night Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/AW3N4X/dead-badger-shot-by-farmer-badgers-are-protected-but-some-get-killed-AW3N4X.jpg)
Dead Badger shot by farmer. Badgers are protected but some get killed by shotgun. They are nocturnal, hunt at night Stock Photo - Alamy
![Dead Badger shot by farmer. Badgers are protected but some get killed by shotgun. They are nocturnal, hunt at night Stock Photo - Alamy Dead Badger shot by farmer. Badgers are protected but some get killed by shotgun. They are nocturnal, hunt at night Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/AW3NMY/dead-badger-shot-by-farmer-badgers-are-protected-but-some-get-killed-AW3NMY.jpg)