Confusion around Government’s plan to end Badger Cull
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are frustrated with the Government’s proposals to phase out the badger cull, calling the latest update misleading.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are frustrated with the Government’s proposals to phase out the badger cull, calling the latest update misleading.
As the badger cull begins for another season, a letter reported on by The Independent indicates that the Government is preparing to consult on new proposals to include the killing of badgers “on a…
Public urged to respond to badger cull consultation -
The Wildlife Trusts have shared their response to the Government’s consultation [1] on the badger cull and are calling upon the…
Our statement in response to an article in The Telegraph (13 September 2023) reporting that the badger cull ban has been scrapped to fight bovine TB
The Wildlife Trusts are disappointed and saddened that the Government has issued new licenses to cull badgers in seven areas of England.
Largest ever cull authorised this autumn – bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population
The government has chosen to seek the best possible scientific advice and then ignore it
Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa has written to the Government to voice his support for “vaccination over culling” in the prevention of tuberculosis (TB) in badgers.
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.