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Badgers for all, says Brian
May has joined animal charity the Badger Trust in applying to the High Court for a judicial review of the proposed cull in rural Wales, which is aimed at combating bovine TB infection.
A farming union said May's involvement was a "cynical publicity stunt."
May has said the cull is based on "bad science" and called it "genocide."
"Badgers are not British - they belong to the world" he said.
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Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You" and "Fat Bottomed Girls". He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in...
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