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...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
Police drones may be used to monitor protestors in badger cull zones to prevent criminal activity. Superintendent Richard Hooper-Bennett, Silver commander for the badger policing operation in Devon and Cornwall, said that “unfortunately, some areas within the cull...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 26, 2018 | News
By Stephen Morris for the Guardian Devon and Cornwall police warn activists as cull zone is massively expanded Police have warned badger cull protesters that they may use drones to try to keep order in the far south-west of England following heightened tensions...
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...
