11th July 2011 SEVEN months after its consultation on badger culling was closed, the Government is still refusing to disclose even the barest results. Describing the secrecy as an affront to the tens of thousands of voters who took part, the Badger Trust said today: “This is the Government […]
1st July 2011 As two Governments in the UK debate whether to kill badgers as part of their programmes to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB), another farmer has been convicted of switching ear tags to save an infected pedigree animal [1]. The Badger Trust repeats its demand made after the last […]
Wednesday 6th July 2011 A REPORT published on Monday by a panel of experts confirms that a badger cull would be a massively irresponsible gamble that could backfire on farmers and prove hugely unpopular with the public, says the Badger Trust. On the eve of the Cabinet’s expected decision on […]
Tuesday 14th June 2011 Agriculture Minister James Paice has announced further delays to the proposed killing of badgers in England as part of the Coalition Government’s scheme to eradicate bovine TB. Meurig Raymond, Deputy President of the National Farmers’ Union said he was deeply frustrated. David Williams, chairman of the […]
Date 1st April 2011 The Badger Trust is appalled at the Government’s admission that some farmers have been swapping the identity of cattle so that more valuable animals– with TB– are illegally kept on farms. The Trust says that any plans to kill badgers in both England and Wales should […]
Date 31st March 2011 Attempts by the NFU’s southwest regional director Melanie Hall to justify badger culling have been comprehensively dismissed by the Badger Trust as ill-founded scaremongering. Responding to an article written by Ms Hall in the Western Morning News on 24th March 2011, the Trust says, in a letter to […]
22 – Mar-2011 The Welsh Assembly Government will debate tomorrow (Wednesday March 23) whether to carry out its plan to kill badgers as new figures show big reductions in cattle TB. The area designated for the killing is in Dyfed, where the cattle toll has fallen by 45 percent over […]
22 – Mar- 2011 The Welsh Assembly Government will debate tomorrow (Wednesday March 23) whether to carry out its plan to kill badgers as new figures show big reductions in cattle TB. The area designated for the killing is in Dyfed, where the cattle toll has fallen by 45 percent […]
Date 24th March 2011 The Badger Trust is deeply disappointed that The Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011 is not to be annulled. A motion tabled by four Members of the Welsh Assembly Government failed yesterday (March 23). The Trust is taking legal advice about the measures proposed and the reasons […]
The Badger Trust welcomes the news that Peter Black AM has laid a motion before the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) calling for the annulment of the Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011. It will be debated and a vote taken next Wednesday (23rd March). The Trust emphasises that Welsh voters have only a very […]