The Welsh Government has resisted calls to reinstate a badger cull despite farmers saying they have "simply had enough" of the impacts bovine TB has on farming families.
Farmers in Wales have called for the badger cull to be reinstated following the release of figures which show the cull is having positive progress in England.
Defra statistics demonstrate the impact of badger culling on bovine TB levels in the High Risk Area of England.
It shows that the completion of the 4 year badger culls in both Somerset and Gloucestershire have reduced the number of new TB outbreaks by around half.
The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) is now urging the Welsh Government to reinstate the Intensive Action Area (IAA) badger cull programme, which was abolished and replaced with a badger vaccination programme under the then Environment Minister, John Griffiths.
However, the Welsh Government said badgers were not the main cause of new outbreaks, and that an England-style badger cull had been ruled out.
"Evidence shows that most causes of Bovine TB in cattle in Wales results from cattle-to-cattle transmission," a Welsh Government spokesman told BBC News.
"Badgers are only trapped and tested where evidence suggests they are contributing to the persistence of Bovine TB in chronic breakdown herds.
"Targeted interventions are being applied to remove test positive badgers, helping stop transmission and clearing up chronically infected herds, which are costly to the taxpayer and industry," he added.
But Ian Lloyd, Animal Health and Welfare Committee Chairman at the FUW, said farming families have now "simply had enough" of the disease.
"The FUW is now calling on the Welsh Government to properly recognise the impact of this insidious disease on farming families," Mr Lloyd said.
Statistics show that more than 10,000 cattle were culled due to bovine TB in Wales in 2017, representing a 2.3 percent rise on the previous year.
In comparison, just five badgers were culled during 2017 in Wales, costing the taxpayer £383,212.
