FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMME OF BADGER VACCINATION UNDER WAY!

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Badger Trust gives DEFRA notice of legal challenge

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 […]

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