1.   Hunting organisations claim however that the planned cull will not allow caribou numbers to increase quickly enough and does not cover enough areas.

2.   The Times newspaper reported that ministers would shelve the planned cull on Thursday, when they meet for the first Cabinet since the summer break.

3.   Should Downing Street decide to reduce its planned cull, Britain would be on collision course for a renewed outbreak of tension with its European partners.

4.   The British press reported Wednesday that ministers would decide to abandon altogether the planned cull on Thursday, when they meet for the first Cabinet since the summer break.