[img_slider] [img_slide alt=”alt” src=”/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dom-dyer-lndscp.jpg”] [/img_slider] [lead]Badger Trust appointment welcomed by celebrity wildlife campaigners & politicians from Dr Brian May and Chris Packham to Simon King and Zac Goldsmith[/lead] [blockquote size=”full-width” align=”left” byline=”Dom Dyer”]“It’s a huge honour to become the CEO of the Badger Trust at such a critical time. For […]

[img_slider] [img_slide alt=”alt” src=”/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1-IMG_9692.jpg”] [/img_slider]We had an excellent time helping out with ‘a Week of Wonderful things’ at St Mary’s school, Rawtenstall in August. The event was well attended with the kids all enjoying and hopefully being inspired by nature. Our own Andy Hardman managed to captivate his young audience with a talk about the mysterious […]

[lead]Operation Badger (link here to find your own council petitions)  is a fantastic initiative set up to bring about debates surrounding the badger cull at local authority level through the power of petitions.  The aim is to ban badger culling on council land and encourage investment in vaccination across as […]

This year we bought two more rescue cages and handling equipment to go with the two we already have. That means that if needed, we can get to an injured badger faster! To go with the cages and handling equipment we need some extra items to help with each rescue, […]

OCTOBER 23, 2013 1. Chair thanked everyone for joining the teleconference which had been convened at Board members’ request to consider the latest developments in relation to the badger cull. The Chair confirmed that a letter had been received from the Badger Trust on 18 October 2013. The Chair reminded […]

11AM LIVERPOOL ROAD MANCHESTER There will be a peaceful rally and march against the badger cull at the Conservative party conference on Sunday 29th September. We will be attending, as will Dom Dyer (Care for The Wild), Animal Rights UK, Animal Aid (and their Badger Cull Battle Bus). Dom Dyer […]

Individuals Marc Abraham BVM&S MRCVS Alexandra Bastedo Brian Blessed Dr Christine Brock PhD, BSc (Hons), MNIMH, MIBMS Mark Carwardine, zoologist & broadcaster Jilly Cooper, author & journalist Chris Cheeseman, Scientist Dame Judi Dench Bronwen Eastwood, BSc (hons) BVetMed CertGP (SAP) MRCVS Richard Edwards MRCVS Phill Elliott, BVM&S MSc MRCVS Sarah […]

Press Release – 14th August 2013 007, M, an Avenger, Prince Vultan, Judge John Deed, a Prime Minister and a lion-hearted lady unite to Battle for Badgers Sir Roger Moore, Dame Judi Dench, Joanna Lumley, Brian Blessed, Martin Shaw, Anthony Head and Virginia McKenna OBE are among over one hundred […]

Press Release 1st June 2013 The 1st June marks the start of two Natural England licences to cull badgers in Gloucestershire and West Somerset. Several thousand badgers will be shot at feeding stations in a vain attempt to reduce bovine tb in cattle. 30 eminent scientists have denounced the plan […]

28th March 2013 Continuing confusion over badger populations in areas designated for killing them is the Achilles heel of the badger culling policy. It strikes at the heart of the scheme because proving the exact proportion of badgers culled is essential. Last October official estimates were almost twice those expected […]