Call for cattle vaccine to be top priority to tackle Bovine Tuberculosis, not badger culling

Largest ever cull authorised this autumn – bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population

Badger culling to be permitted in a total of 69 places. The 2022 cull season could see up to 68,000 badgers killed.

Defra has announced a change in policy that will make it possible for badgers to be culled in areas of England that the Government have deemed ‘low risk’ of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The Wildlife…

Today the Government announced that it will continue to issue licenses to kill badgers over the next four years. This will put 130,000 animals at risk of being shot.

The Wildlife Trusts today ask David Cameron - via an e-action petition - to drop the Government’s failed badger cull policy and develop an alternative strategy for tackling bovine tuberculosis.…

The Wildlife Trusts are deeply concerned that healthy, vaccinated badgers will be shot in several new areas this autumn as the Government continues its annual culling of badgers.