The Queen guitarist has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling.

The Badger Trust says Natural England ignored the advice of its own scientific experts.

Researchers call for larger-scale assessments to measure the effectiveness of vaccination.

The cull is not in the Tory manifesto, but the PM says it "has to be part of the solution" for bovine TB.

A five-week consultation is open until 22 April to seek views from the public.

They react after Dorset MP Richard Drax says more wild animals should be killed to control numbers.

Deer and foxes should be killed because they have no predators, South Dorset MP Richard Drax says.

The government is set to replace the culling with a drive to vaccinate badgers and cattle.