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...
by Bob Simpson | Sep 11, 2018 | News
University of Edinburgh publish report on Kimblewick Hunt bovine tuberculosis outbreak. By Thomas Bamford for The Bucks Herald September 5th 2018 The University of Edinburgh has released a report into the outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) at the Kimblewick...
by Bob Simpson | Aug 22, 2018 | News
The Badger Trust is very sad to hear of the death of Don Hunford at the age of 93. Don was one of Britain’s leading experts on badger ecology and behaviour, after spending over 60 years of his life watching badgers and campaigning for their protection . He first...
by Bob Simpson | Jul 26, 2018 | News
Activists want Michael Gove to cancel cull over fears animals suffering slow deaths in cages without water Article by Jane Dalton reporter on Independent Online Once in a cage, an animal has no access to water, and the ground is too hard to dig for food ( Rex Features...
by Bob Simpson | Jul 24, 2018 | News
Badger Trust calls for an immediate halt to badger killing in Wales as Welsh Labour Government waste over £76,000 per badger on failed TB test and cull policy. The Welsh Labour Government has released a report which reviews the outcome of localised badger culling on...
by Bob Simpson | Jul 24, 2018 | News
From The Badger Trust 17th July 2018. The Badger Trust has written to Natural England calling for an immediate halt to the badger culls across England due to the heatwave. The severe and prolonged hot weather which is leading to record breaking temperatures across...
by Bob Simpson | Jul 18, 2018 | News
Article in Derbyshire Live by Nigel Slater, Senior Reporter 17th July 2018 Culling badgers is part of the government’s policy to reduce bovine tb in cattle. A petition aimed to stop badgers being culled onn land surrounding Chatsworth house has attracted over...
