History of the British Badger and Bovine TB Controversy

This timeline is designed to orient the reader in the intersecting events relating to bovine TB in Britain since the mid-20th C. It draws upon the research of Dr. Angela Cassidy of the University of Exeter (http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/cassidy/) and appears in her new book 'Vermin, Victims and Disease: British Debates over Bovine Tuberculosis and Badgers' (Palgrave, 2019). Events are organised as follows: ORANGE: Infectious disease issues BROWN (pale+dark): Animal health policy RED/BLUE/YELLOW: UK Governments DARK BLUE: Key legislation GREEN: Conservation & animal protection campaigning