Government approves badger culling to 2026 and ignores public consultation
Today the Government announced that it will continue to issue licenses to kill badgers over the next four years. This will put 130,000 animals at risk of being shot.
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Thousands more badgers at risk under new Government plans to extend cull licences
Public urged to take part in Defra consultation as Wildlife Trusts make last ditch effort to stop the cull
Government U-turn on promises to end badger culling
Largest ever cull authorised this autumn, bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population.
Oxfordshire badgers at threat from culling
Badger culling is set to begin in Oxfordshire next month resulting in the death of thousands of healthy badgers
Bovine TB: focus on cattle, not badgers, say experts.
A review of the government’s 25 Year Bovine TB (bTB) Strategy, led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray, has been published today. The review concludes that the main route of infection is…
Extending the badger cull will waste taxpayers' money
The Government’s proposed extension of the badger cull to Oxfordshire and Berkshire could result in thousands of healthy badgers being killed, put more cattle at risk of contracting bovine TB by…
Wildlife Trust response to possible extension of badger cull into Oxfordshire and Berkshire
The Government is now considering applications for shooting badgers in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, although new evidence shows that many badgers in these areas do not have bovine TB.