Government is now considering applications for shooting badgers in Derbyshire
The Government is now considering applications for shooting badgers in Derbyshire, yet new evidence shows that Derbyshire badgers have extremely low levels of bovine TB.
The Government is now considering applications for shooting badgers in Derbyshire, yet new evidence shows that Derbyshire badgers have extremely low levels of bovine TB.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are delighted that vaccination gets priority in the fight against bovine tuberculosis
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.
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…
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are frustrated with the Government’s proposals to phase out the badger cull, calling the latest update misleading.
Nationally 33,687 badgers were killed last year bringing the total to over 175,000 since the badger cull started 2013 - more than a third of the estimated UK badger population. [1]
The Trust’s dedicated team of vaccinators have been out vaccinating badgers all week and have now brought the total number of badgers vaccinated this year in Derbyshire to 103 so far with lots…
Derbyshire is one of 14 areas that the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is considering for ten new badger cull zones this year. Defra are expected to make their…
Last week George Eustice, the Environment Secretary, made an announcement to Parliament about the Government’s intentions for badgers as part of their strategy for dealing with bovine TB.
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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…
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust have now received their beaver license from Natural England and is one step closer to bringing beavers back to Derbyshire
We are appalled that 32,601 badgers have been culled in 2018.