by Bob Simpson | Nov 13, 2020 | News
Wiltshire Against The Badger Cull has praised Bradford on Avon Town Council for stating it will not allow badger culling and hunting to take place on its land as part of a new wildlife protection policy. Read more...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 24, 2019 | News
HS2 review could be delayed until December 24 OCT, 2019 BY TIM CLARK New Civil Engineer The independent review of High Speed 2 could be delayed until December New Civil Engineer understands. Transport secretary Grant Shapps is understood to have called in the chair of...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 14, 2019 | News
By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent, BBC News 9 September 2019 Up to 9,000 of badgers are likely to have suffered “immense pain” in culls to control cattle TB, according to a former government adviser. Prof Ranald Munro is the ex-Chair of an independent...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 9, 2019 | News
Badger culling may increase spread of tuberculosis, say researchers Culls cause badgers to roam further, potentially worsening risk of disease in cattle Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Wed 9 Oct 2019 07.00 BST Badgers start to roam much further afield when...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 9, 2019 | News
Latest data ‘not released until Defra announced 60,000 animals would be killed in 2019’ Jamie Doward Sun 15 Sep 2019 08.32 Tuberculosis levels in cattle have risen in the original two areas of the country where the badger cull has been piloted over the past five...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 9, 2019 | News
Ministers approve culling in 11 new areas, with 64,000 animals likely to be killed this autumn Damian Carrington Environment editor The Guardian Wed 11 Sep 2019 The controversial badger cull in England has been expanded to an “unimaginable scale”, according to a...
