A four-year programme to vaccinate Somerset badgers against bovine TB (bTB) has begun. The project is part of a nationwide initiative by badger groups to offer vaccination opportunities to farmers and landowners. Areas of Somerset and Gloucestershire are designated as badger killing areas, pending an Appeal Court hearing next month, and […]
It was a happy ending to Rhody’s journey when, late on Wednesday night and despite some unwanted attention, he safely returned to his own territory. Having been given the all-clear by our friends in Knutsford, Rhody’s big day had finally arrived. Plans were made, everyone turned up and Rhody, […]
Saturday 21st July was a memorable day, all told. Firstly, it was the group’s Creatures of the Night event where the tremendous amount of work put in by committee members and volunteers paid dividends and it was a great success. Secondly was our unexpected badger rescue. The call came from a […]
SCIENCE UNAFFECTED BY BADGER CULL DECISION 12th July 2012 Following a closely fought two-day judicial review in June, the High Court this morning decided not to quash the Coalition Government’s proposals to kill badgers in England. The proposal attempts to marginally reduce the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle, at […]
At the end of May during the hot spell a call came in from a lady who had had a badger cub in her garden for several days. Used to having badgers coming and going from her garden, the householder knew something was wrong. Due to the weather we were […]
One of our members visited our badger hide recently, here’s what he experienced! It was our first visit to the hide, which we’d heard mentioned so often before. Having had a hectic couple of weeks, Karen and I were both looking forward to one of life’s simple, but frequently overlooked, […]
A RELEASE BACK TO FREEDOM, FOR ONE LUCKY BADGER! – by Diane Lancashire Badger Group were very pleased to help the RSPCA to release a young female badger recently, that had spent two months at the RSPCA wildlife hospital at Stapely Grange in Cheshire. The young sow had been caught […]
Dear All, Despite our joint best efforts, 2011 has ended on a sad note for badgers with the Government’s announcement of a pilot cull in England in the Autumn of 2012. However, all is not yet lost and within Badger Trust we are determined to do everything possible to oppose […]
Yesterday Caroline Spelman announced that she was ‘minded to allow a cull’ of badgers in two hotspot areas for bovine tb, most likely Devon and Gloucestershire. This will follow more consultation on the methods to be used (shooting of free running badgers), and whether or not they are considered to […]
Lancashire Badger Group had a call on the Incidents Line yesterday morning from a lady reporting an injured badger in some woodland just beyond her back garden. Her husband had first seen the badger at around 7am, jumping around in tight circles seemingly unable to move very far. After going outside […]