Brian May: ‘Badgers are irrelevant in spread of cattle TB’

Queen guitarist and animal rights campaigner Sir Brian May has staked his life on badgers playing no role in the transmission of bovine TB.

He believes badgers do not play a part in transmitting TB to cattle, and attributes disease spread primarily to flaws in cattle testing and poor farm biosecurity.

He spoke to Farmers Weekly in an exclusive interview ahead of the screening of his new BBC documentary on Friday, 23 August, covering everything from his views on peer-reviewed science related to bovine TB transmission, the role of cattle vaccination to his response to Clarkson's comments about his views on the issue.

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