Telegraph: The presenter of the BBC's Autumnwatch said it was "both sad and shameful' that the cull of around 5,000 badgers in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire is going ahead.
Farmers insist the cull will stop the animals spreading the cattle disease bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Trained marksmen, often the farmers themselves, will shoot up to 80 badgers a night.
But Mr Packham said movement of cattle is spreading the disease and killing badgers will just spread bTB further as it forces the wildlife...