Meanings of vaccinate badgers in English

In Wales, the government has decided to vaccinate badgers instead.

The Welsh Assembly Government has chosen to vaccinate badgers, with trials underway in north Pembrokeshire.

It is relatively expensive to trap and inject badgers and the government is currently funding just one project to vaccinate badgers in England.

So Paterson's decision to vaccinate badgers around hotspot areas to create "buffer zones" against the spread of the disease is a sensible first step.