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
Largest ever cull authorised this autumn – bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population
Local opposition to a badger cull in Derbyshire is growing rapidly with over 6,000 local residents contacting their MP to raise their concerns.
The UK Government is due to make an announcement of new areas for badger culling this September. We are concerned about the possibility of Derbyshire being included.
We welcome the decision of the court today that ruled against the NFU’s legal challenge of the UK Government over not allowing the badger cull to come to Derbyshire.
Trust also announces record number of badger vaccinations
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are delighted that vaccination gets priority in the fight against bovine tuberculosis
We are delighted to announce the Government have decided not to bring the cull to Derbyshire.
MP Ruth George joined Derbyshire Wildlife Trust this morning to help vaccinate badgers against bovine TB.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and partners have written a letter to Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to demand she puts a stop to the badger cull coming to…
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…