by Bob Simpson | Feb 10, 2021 | News
Defra risks undermining eight years of hard work from farmers in the fight against bovine TB if it replaces badger culling with vaccination without the science to prove it works. That was the damning verdict delivered by NFU leaders during a press briefing on its...
by Bob Simpson | Feb 9, 2021 | News
This Wild Justice petition has passed the crucial 100,000 threshold. The controversersial badger cull is set to be debated in Parliament atermore than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding an immediate ban. Some 140,830 of the animals have been culled since 2013...
by Bob Simpson | Jan 30, 2021 | News
Badger Trust today expressed horror and outrage as a further 38,642 badger deaths were recorded by the Government as part of its ongoing badger cull campaign. This brings the total to over 140,000 since 2013, with a further 60,000 plus expected in the next two years....
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”...
by Bob Simpson | Nov 14, 2020 | News
The Badger Trust is aware of concerns around the reported netting of the bdger sett near Crackley Woods, Kenilorth, Warks, as part of the HS2 work being undertaken in that area. The footage and wider reports submitted to the Trust have been reviewed, and whilst it is...
