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Government’s ‘Action Plan for Animal Welfare’ fails to factor in badgers

Badger Trust Staff Team

5 days ago
4 min

Government’s ‘Action Plan for Animal Welfare’ fails to factor in badgers

Commitment to put ‘animal sentience...at the heart of policy making’ is silent on the ongoing killing of badgers and local extinction risks

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Badger Trust: It’s time to end the failed £1.5m badger killing scheme in Wales

Badger Trust Staff Team

Apr 29
3 min

Badger Trust: It’s time to end the failed £1.5m badger killing scheme in Wales

Badger Trust calls on all Welsh political parties to commit to a humane approach to bovine TB control and stop killing healthy badgers

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Badger Trust calls for Government to urgently act on cattle-to-cattle transmission of bTB

Badger Trust Staff Team

Apr 21
2 min

Badger Trust calls for Government to urgently act on cattle-to-cattle transmission of bTB

Badger Trust focuses on cattle-to-cattle transmission of bTB in its response to Government’s Call for Views

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Badger Trust calls on the badger community to ‘Stand up for Badgers’ in Govt bTB Call for Views

Badger Trust Staff Team

Apr 13
3 min

Badger Trust calls on the badger community to ‘Stand up for Badgers’ in Govt bTB Call for Views

Badger Trust urges supporters to highlight cattle-to-cattle transmission concerns and respond to the Defra bovineTB Call for Views

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Badger Trust responds to Government consultation with call to stop slaughtering badgers immediately

Badger Trust Staff Team

Mar 24
3 min

Badger Trust responds to Government consultation with call to stop slaughtering badgers immediately

Badger Trust submits its response to the Government’s bovine tuberculosis (bTB) consultation with a strong call to stop slaughtering badgers

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Badger Trust calls on badger lovers to urgently speak up for badgers

Badger Trust Staff Team

Mar 11
3 min

Badger Trust calls on badger lovers to urgently speak up for badgers

The Badger Trust today called for all badger lovers to be a voice for badgers and formally respond to the Government’s consultation

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Badger Trust remains unconvinced that bTB policy consultation gives any reprieve to badgers

Badger Trust Staff Team

Feb 11
7 min

Badger Trust remains unconvinced that bTB policy consultation gives any reprieve to badgers

Review of Government statement fails to indicate any significant change to the expected further slaughter of over 100,000 badgers.

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Badger Trust appalled as latest badger cull figures show highest kill rate yet

Badger Trust Staff Team

Jan 28
2 min

Badger Trust appalled as latest badger cull figures show highest kill rate yet

Badger Trust expresses horror as a further 38,642 badger deaths were recorded by the Government as part of its ongoing badger cull.

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Badger Trust urges extreme caution over Government’s ‘mixed messages’ cull statement

Badger Trust Staff Team

Jan 27
2 min

Badger Trust urges extreme caution over Government’s ‘mixed messages’ cull statement

Badger Trust is aware of the announcement of a consultation to 'contribute' to Government's future strategy on controlling bTB in England

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Badger Trust criticises Defra badger cull challenge response as ‘meaningless’

Badger Trust Staff Team

Jan 15
3 min

Badger Trust criticises Defra badger cull challenge response as ‘meaningless’

Badger Trust claims the Defra response to its cull challenge is ‘meaningless’ and exposes lack of a serious policy to control bTB.

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Chief Vet challenged on validity of badger cull by bTB experts

Badger Trust Staff Team

Dec 3, 2020
3 min

Chief Vet challenged on validity of badger cull by bTB experts

Badger Trust welcomes a challenge to the Government’s Chief Vet on the presentation of facts on role of badgers and bovine TB (bTB).

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Badgers not a key source of bovine TB latest released study shows

Badger Trust Staff Team

Nov 3, 2020
3 min

Badgers not a key source of bovine TB latest released study shows

Badger Trust welcomed the release of the Badgers Found Dead Study (BFDS) results that show that badgers are not a reservoir host for BTB.

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Bern Convention puts complaint on ‘stand by’ to monitor developments on the badger cull policy

Badger Trust Staff Team

Oct 13, 2020
2 min

Bern Convention puts complaint on ‘stand by’ to monitor developments on the badger cull policy

Badger Trust believes large scale culling is threatening badgers with population collapse, an infringement of the Bern Convention Treaty.

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Horrific reality of the badger cull exposed

Badger Trust Staff Team

Oct 5, 2020
2 min

Horrific reality of the badger cull exposed

The horrific reality of the badger cull has been exposed, with heartbreaking images of slaughtered badgers from Derbyshire Against the Cull

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Save badgers from controlled shooting – sign the Wild Justice petition

Badger Trust Staff Team

Sep 24, 2020
2 min

Save badgers from controlled shooting – sign the Wild Justice petition

The Badger Trust supports a Parliament Petition calling for an end to the licensing of the controlled shooting of badgers

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Labour Opposition gives support to Badger Trust Bern Convention complaint

Badger Trust Staff Team

Sep 10, 2020
3 min

Labour Opposition gives support to Badger Trust Bern Convention complaint

Following the announcement by Defra on 7 September of 11 new badger cull licences that could result in over 62,000 more badgers being killed

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Government goes from badger control to badger annihilation

Badger Trust Staff Team

Sep 7, 2020
3 min

Government goes from badger control to badger annihilation

The Badger Trust claims the government is rapidly moving from badger control to badger annihilation as it expands the badger cull policy to

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Over three-quarters of badgers killed in £1m Welsh Govt TVR programme were vaccinated or healthy

Badger Trust Staff Team

Aug 19, 2020
6 min

Over three-quarters of badgers killed in £1m Welsh Govt TVR programme were vaccinated or healthy

The Badger Trust raises serious concerns around the badger Test Vaccinate Removal programme (TVR) currently being implemented by Welsh Govt

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5 more badger cull counties revealed in leaked Natural England licence document

Badger Trust Staff Team

Aug 17, 2020
4 min

5 more badger cull counties revealed in leaked Natural England licence document

Despite claims it is seeking an exit strategy from badger culling, the government is planning a significant expansion of badger shooting.

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Government faces two new legal challenges as it seeks to expand controversial badger cull policy

Badger Trust Staff Team

Jul 9, 2020
5 min

Government faces two new legal challenges as it seeks to expand controversial badger cull policy

Permission for two Judicial Review legal cases is being sought against the government as it seeks to expand its highly controversial badger

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