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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…
Call for cattle vaccine to be top priority to tackle Bovine Tuberculosis, not badger culling
Yesterday the Government gave the green light for supplementary licences for badger culling – despite opposition that The Wildlife Trusts and hundreds of other concerned organisations and…
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has defied the odds to resume badger vaccination one year after vaccine supplies dried up
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…
The Wildlife Trusts today condemn the announcement by DEFRA that pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire will continue, and that culling will be extended to a new area in Dorset.
Vaccination schemes are being demonstrated as a practical, cost-effective option in dealing with bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in badgers - prompting renewed calls for Government leadership and…
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.…
In light of reports that pilot badger culls failed on the grounds of efficiency and humaneness, The Wildlife Trusts today strongly urge the Government to abandon plans to roll out its culling…
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.
