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The Wildlife Trusts call for more investment in badger vaccination
The Wildlife Trusts' response to new figures released by the government.
Badger vaccination programme
176,928 badgers have already been culled since 2013, and with the possibility of that total reaching 200,000 by the end of the year, the Government needs to support badger vaccination on a much…
Badger vaccination restarts one year on
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has defied the odds to resume badger vaccination one year after vaccine supplies dried up
Badger culling can’t be justified on any grounds
Call for cattle vaccine to be top priority to tackle Bovine Tuberculosis, not badger culling
Government U-turn on promises to end badger culling
Largest ever cull authorised this autumn – bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population
The Wildlife Trusts urge Government to drop the cull and focus on vaccination and securing badger BCG supplies
The Government today announced that it is suspending the sourcing of BCG vaccine for English badger vaccination schemes, that the 2015 badger culls were ‘successful in meeting their targets’ and…
Badger cull FAQs
Government approves badger culling to 2026 and ignores public consultation
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.
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Pilot badger culls fail
Results from the extended pilot badger cull in Somerset - out today - confirm a complete failure to meet required targets and should lead the Government to abandon its culling policy.
Updated 6th September - Own goal: Government considering badger cull in new areas where they have funded successful vaccination programmes
The Wildlife Trusts call for national badger vaccination programme to help combat bTB as an alternative to culling.