I received this email a couple of days ago, shown below. 47,474 people left feedback!

"Dear Consultee,

CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF BOVINE TB IN CATTLE IN HIGH INCIDENCE AREAS IN ENGLAND

Thank you for contributing your views to the consultation on  badger culling as part of the measures to control the spread of bovine TB in cattle in high incidence areas in England. Your comments on the proposed badger culling strategy will be taken into consideration along with the comments of other respondents.

A report will be produced summarising the responses to the consultation. This has taken longer than expected due to the large number of consultation responses received (47,474 responses were received during the consultation period).  We do not have a date for the final report but an announcement will be made when it is available.  Once published the report will be accessible  by following the link from the Defra website's Bovine TB Pages at <http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/index.htm>

No decision has yet been made on whether or not to cull badgers to help control bovine TB in cattle.  Ministers will consider all available evidence including the summary of consultation responses before making a decision.

Yours sincerely,

The bTB Wildlife Policy Team

Bovine TB and Badgers Consultation,
Defra
1a Page Street
London
SW1P 4PQ

Website: www.defra.gov.uk <http://www.defra.gov.uk>
Email: bTB.consultation@defra.gsi.gov.uk"