by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
by Philip Case for the Farmer’s Weekly The Welsh government has rejected new calls for a widespread badger cull to be introduced in Wales to tackle the spread of bovine TB. The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) had urged the Welsh government to reinstate a previous...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
By Steve Bird for the Telegraph The personal details of farmers carrying out the controversial badger cull have been leaked to animal rights activists in a major data breach. In a security failing hailed a victory by hunt saboteurs and already linked to a rise in...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
BBC News 22nd September 2018 Widespread culling of badgers will not be reintroduced in Wales despite calls from farmers to intervene to stop the spread of TB. The Farmers’ Union of Wales said last year five badgers were killed compared to 10,000 cattle due to...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
By Helena Horton for the Daily Telegraph Cows belonging to Prince Charles are among thousands of animals affected by bovine tuberculosis (bTB), vets have said. There has been an outbreak at the royal farm near Windsor Castle, as well as four in Prince Charles’...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 25, 2018 | News
Badger Cull extended to Cumbria By Sandy Kitching of The Westmoreland Gazette. BADGER culling has been extended into Cumbria to prevent the spread of bovine TB in cattle – a move which the farmers’ union welcomes as part of a combinations of measures.The...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 11, 2018 | News
September 9th 2018 Badger cull expands despite cruelty claims by Shingi Mararike and Jonathan Leake for the Sunday Times The badger cull is set to be widened in what environmental activists are calling the “biggest destruction of a protected species in living...
