Today the first licence was issued to a company of farmers to cull badgers by Natural England. There are still lots of things you can do to help. Please go to the Badger Protection League page to donate to vaccinate badgers in potential cull areas. Please sign this petition http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38257 against […]
COURT OF APPEAL GIVES BADGER TRUST APPEAL GREEN LIGHT The Badger Trust has been granted permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court’s refusal to quash the decision of the Coalition Government to allow the killing of badgers in England. The appeal will be heard […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
9th February 2012 The Badger Trust has sent a letter to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs giving them notice of the grounds of challenge which the Badger Trust intends to pursue if DEFRA does not set aside its decision to kill badgers in its measures to eradicate bovine […]
14th December 2011 The Badger Trust has been advised by Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for the Environment, that she has decided to proceed with the two pilot culls to determine the efficacy and humaneness of the free-shooting of badgers. Her statement was expected on 15th December but was made […]