by Bob Simpson | Dec 24, 2020 | News
Boris Johnson’s fiancee faces fresh controversy over her influence as a friend of hers is considered for top job. The Prime Minister’s fiancee Carrie Symonds faces a fresh controversy over her growing influence at No 10 as a friiend of hers is considered...
by Bob Simpson | Dec 10, 2020 | News
After almost seven years as Chief Executive, Dominic Dyer is stepping down from the Badger Trust from the beginning of this month. Dominic has been a passionate and tireless spokesperson for the Badger Trust during his time as Chief Executive and is highly regarded...
by Bob Simpson | Dec 7, 2020 | News
The Badger Trust welcomes challenge to the Government’s Chief Veterinary Officer from vets with bTB expertise The Badger Trust has welcomed a challenge to the Government’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss, on the presentation of facts relating to the...
by Bob Simpson | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Cattle movements are being directly blamed for a record surge in cases of bovine TB in an area of Wales considered a low infection risk. And badgers are not mentioned. Read...
by Bob Simpson | Nov 25, 2020 | News
The Badger Trust has welcomed the long awaited release of the Badgers Found Dead Study (BDFS), with results that clearly support the Trust’s view that badgers are not a reservoir host for BovineTB, but rather a spillover host. These latest results support those...
by Bob Simpson | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Just one in 12 badgers found dead on roads has been found to have tuberculosis, a government backed survey has revealed – sparking calls to scrap the controversial cull. Researchers from Nottingham University collected and tested 610 ” roadkill”...
