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Culling badgers spreads TB

Scientists at the University of Exeter have studied badgers to see how their social interaction may spread bovine TB. They found that TB-infected badgers tended to be shunned within their social groups and were more...

Posted 22 Oct 2013

The badgers are moving the goalposts

Today, Defra Minister Owen Paterson declared the trial badger cull in Somerset successful, but only because the official estimate of badger numbers was sharply reduced in the last few days.

Posted 09 Oct 2013

Be kind – don’t kill

As cold weather approaches, wild animals may search for warmth and sustenance within our homes.

Posted 03 Oct 2013

The badger cull: government cannot define ‘humaneness’

The government’s Chief Veterinary Officer has finally admitted that he cannot define ‘humaneness’, despite the fact that the badger cull is being carried out specifically to test for it. Nigel Gibbens wrote: 'There are, however,...

Posted 16 Sep 2013

Badger ‘battle bus’ comes to Gloucestershire

On Friday 19th and Saturday 20th April, Animal Aid’s Battle Bus will be visiting Gloucestershire to urge residents to vote for badger-friendly candidates in the forthcoming local elections. The ‘bus’ – actually a converted ambulance...

Posted 04 Aug 2013

‘Best practice’ for badger cull announced

Defra and Natural England – the coalition government’s delivery agency for the badger cull – have issued an impossible dream sheet for the guidance of marksmen licensed to kill badgers in the ill-conceived bovine TB...

Posted 20 Jun 2013