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15th May 2025

Wild Justice are bringing this legal challenge against supplementary badger culling and have been given permission to proceed in the High Court.

                                                                    Badgers, photographed by Chris Packham

A legal challenge by wildlife groups The Badger Trust and Wild Justice against the granting of badger culling licences has been given permission to be heard in the High Court.

The 26 supplementary licences were granted by Natural England against advice from its own scientists and allowed farmers to kill badgers between June and November 2024.

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