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Badgers

The Wildlife Trusts' position on the Government's badger cull to tackle bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle. The Wildlife Trusts have opposed the badger cull since it first started and no Wildlife Trust will allow badger culling on its land. On this page you will find information about the cull and the scientific evidence against culling badgers. A number of Wildlife Trusts are vaccinating badgers as an alternative to culling. Badger vaccination projects are taking place around the country.
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Badgers

Nocturnal and shy, badgers aren’t the easiest creatures to glimpse. Join the Wildlife Trusts or a local badger groups to stake out a sett, or get to know your local badgers by tempting them into your own garden.
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Drop the cull: the problem is bovineTB not badgers

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.…

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Stand up for badgers

Tim Birch, Director of Nature's Recovery at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, tells us why badgers need our help now more than ever.

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Badger vaccination programme

We continue to call on the Government to implement a programme of mechanisms to control the disease and deliver a cattle and badger vaccination strategy.

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust