(I will take the point that some research was done on the badger cull, but from what I have read it seems to have been a poorly organised affair and much of the interesting and useful data was not even collected)
Ineffective and inhumane cull:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26369306
The new fat cats
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/03/new-breed-fat-cats-university-boss-vice-chancellors