Badgers Appeal and Cockle Apprentices

This week campaigners take their fight against the decision to cull badgers in West Wales to the Court of Appeal Horse owners in Wales are warned of the dangers of a very poisonous plant And what would Sir Alan make of the Environment Agency's search for a very unique apprentice?

Last updated: 27 June 2010

Country Focus - Sunday 27th June at 0730 ; repeated 28th June at 0530 presented by Rachael James.

All eyes will be on Court 15 in Cardiff this week as the Badger Trust takes its fight against the Welsh Assembly Government's decision to cull badgers in West Wales to the Court of Appeal.

The Welsh Assembly Government has issued a warning to horse owners of the dangers of the yellow-flowering plant Ragwort. Gilbert John discovers the dangers to horses.

We hear about writing for Nature - the course at Ty Newydd, run by a biologist who feels and thinks like a poet, and an author whose writings brim with a deep passion for wildlife.

How a Pembrokeshire farmer has reopened an ancient slate quarry that had lain dormant on his farm for decades

And finally - you're hired or you're fired? Three people in Wales are about to find out if they've been hired or fired by the Environment Agency for the job of trainee cockling apprentice on the Dee Estuary.


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