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...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 9, 2019 | News
Extermination gathers pace, even though new evidence suggests it fails to tackle rise in cases of bovine TB Jamie Doward The Guardian Sat 7 Sep 2019 18.05 BST Last modified on Sat 7 Sep 2019 19.05 BST Up to 50,000 badgers could be killed this year under the...
by Bob Simpson | Dec 31, 2018 | News
Scientists accuse officials of cherry-picking data to defend disease-control scheme. More than 32,000 badgers were killed in England this autumn during the annual cull, which is intended to reduce tuberculosis in cattle. Government officials claimed the culls were...
by Bob Simpson | Nov 6, 2018 | News
On Tuesday 6th November 2018 Chris Willamson MP has secured a debate in Westminster about ” the cruel badger cull which cannot be justified.I will be demanding that the government halts the cull forthwith.” There will also be a vigil outside Parliament...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 25, 2018 | News
Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent October 13 2018, 12:01am, The Times About 61 woodlands that are said to be irreplaceable will be destroyed by the train line CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGES The impact of HS2, the railway to link London with the North, will be...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 23, 2018 | News
George Eustice's boast that government strategy is working called untrue by vets and animal specialists. Government claims that the controversial badger cull is reducing tuberculosis rates in cattle have been undermined by a group of leading vets and animal...
by Bob Simpson | Oct 12, 2018 | News
Saturday 06 October 2018 Mike McCarthy, news reporter Michael Gove will consider the findings of a review of a badger vaccination programme and decide whether to extend the cull. Image:The badger cull could be extended depending on the Environment Secretary’s...
