Shaw told Case that current methods of assessing pain and agitation in patients were very subjective and often resulted in over-sedation.

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One of his chief concerns is that Defra's current methods for assessing badger numbers for the pilots are extremely approximate, and unless they are improved it will be hard to assess whether more than 70% of badgers have been shot and therefore whether the pilots have succeeded or failed.

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