专家警告部长们提高某些地区獾扑杀目标的提议可能会导致数千只动物被杀害。 Experts warn ministers' proposal to raise the badger cull target in certain areas could result in thousands more animals killed.

专家表示，提高某些地区猎杀獾目标数量的提议可能会导致数千只动物被扑杀。 A proposal to raise the target number of badgers to be killed in certain areas could result in thousands more animals being culled, according to experts. 目前的官方政策旨在将每个扑杀区域和英格兰西南部大部分地区的獾数量减少 70%。 The current official policy has aimed to reduce badger numbers by 70% within each cull area and across most of southwest England. 消息人士称，部长们正计划批准一项超过先前目标的目标。 Sources indicate that ministers are planning to approve a target exceeding the previous one.