cull

Digging ever deeper into the facts about the badger culls, the more I come across evidence showing they are being carried out on the basis of false figures, manipulated evidence and a lot of, to quote Hillary Clinton, “mistelling of the truth”.  The more I discover, the more senseless and cruel the whole exercise appears and the more heartsick I become.

“Come on, old Badger!” shouted the Rat.  The Badger trotted forward a pace or two: then grunted, “H’m! Company,” and turned his back and disappeared from view.
— Kenneth Graham, Wind in the Willows