Lancashire Badger Group is delighted to announce our collaboration with a long term, experienced member of the Group – Andy Parr – to create a new handbook. Badger cubs are frequently admitted to rescue centres throughout the UK (mainland) as ‘orphans’. Whilst working as a Wildlife Release Manager at […]
Leading naturalists and broadcasters from Chris Packham and Steve Backshall to Virginia Mckenna, Nigel Marven and Bill Oddie come together to celebrate National Badger Day on Tuesday 6 October The Badger Trust is organising National Badger Day on Tuesday 6 October to celebrate and draw public attention to the badger, […]
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 […]
4th January 2013 A team of scientists has announced a small but important step in the further development of a vaccine to prevent bovine tuberculosis in cattle [1]. They have identified a ‘biomarker’ using sophisticated molecular technology bringing benefits in helping to predict vaccine efficacy. David Williams, chairman of the […]
1. It’s not ‘just’ a pilot Roughly 2000 badgers will be shot in each area. 11,000 badgers have been killed and £40m has already been spent (The Randomised Badger Culling Trial) to determine whether badger culling works to reduce btb. This new ‘pilot’ will not test the reduction in btb […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]