Rhody Goes Home!

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, […]

‘Rhody’ Full Story – another rescue!

 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 […]

BADGER TRUST LODGES APPEAL AGAINST CULLING DECISION

19th July 2012 The Badger Trust has today lodged a written appeal against the High Court’s failure to quash the Coalition Government’s decision to kill badgers in England.   The Trust will seek permission to appeal on the following grounds:   1.    Mr Justice Ouseley erred in law in holding that section […]

SCIENCE UNAFFECTED BY BADGER CULL DECISION

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 […]

Badger Cub Rescue

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 […]

Scientists spell out more uncertainties in badger killing plan

31st May 2012 Two leading scientists have spelt out likely consequences of uncertainties in accounting for the proportion of badger populations culled. A letter by Prof. Christl A. Donnelly of Imperial College, London and Prof. Rosie Woodroffe of the Institute of Zoology, London appears in the current issue of the international science […]

Hide Visit – Wednesday 2nd May 2012

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, […]

Badger culling: Judicial Review set for June

25th May 2012 The Badger Trust’s Judicial Review of the Coalition Government’s decision to kill badgers in England has been set for Monday and Tuesday June 25 and 26. It will be heard in the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, in the Administrative Court.   The Trust’s Judicial Review of the […]

Bovine TB test undermined: infected cows escape detection

23rd May 2012 Up to a third of infected cattle could be missed by the standard test for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) because a liver parasite may be hampering eradication of the disease, research suggests. Dairy cattle carrying both TB and the 3-cm fluke Fasciola hepatica were less likely to reveal the infection, but […]

Another Happy Ending!

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 […]

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