Meanings of local badgers in English

They were carried out to demonstrate the ability to combat bovine TB though a controlled reduction in the population of local badgers.

The pilot culls were carried out to demonstrate the ability to combat bovine TB through a controlled reduction in the population of local badgers.

This is the first direct genetic evidence of M. bovis persistence on farms over multiple outbreaks with a continued, ongoing interaction with local badgers.

Somebody in Sussex once counted that the local badgers "devoured between them 30 to 40 wasps' nests during two ensuing nights".