Badger cull to go ahead
The Badger Trust today lost its High Court bid to prevent the mass slaughter of badgers in England. The Trust had argued that: the cull will not prevent the spread of the disease and could...
Posted 12 Jul 2012
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Living with wildlife: new report urges councils to use alternatives to killing
Animal Aid has this week sent a new report to 1,000 local authorities right across the country. Titled Alternatives to Culling, it urges councils to seek humane, cost-effective, long-term solutions to complaints relating to wild...
Posted 18 Jun 2012
Tullos Hill roe deer killed
Twenty-two of the 30-strong population of roe deer who lived on the meadowland around Tullos Hill in Aberdeen have now been killed. Various agencies were involved in the plan to plant trees on this site...
Posted 09 May 2012
Reprieve for the Windermere Canada Geese
Plans to shoot 200 nesting geese this spring have been shelved after a concerted campaign by Animal Aid, in conjunction with Respect for Wildlife, wildlife experts, celebrities and local campaigners.
Posted 22 Mar 2012
Windermere Geese: a humane solution offered
Wildlife experts have today submitted a proposal to the Lake District National Park Authority, and to its partners on the Geese Management Group, offering a humane alternative to the mass cull of Canada geese that...
Posted 20 Mar 2012
Badger cull scrapped in Wales
Today, the Welsh Assembly Government has announced that the planned pilot cull of badgers in West Wales is to be scrapped and a five-year vaccination project will be trialled instead – an announcement greeted with...
Posted 20 Mar 2012
Windermere geese cull: concerns over public safety, local authority secrecy and an ‘inexplicable’ lack of accountability
Campaigners battling to save the lives of hundreds of Canada geese on Windermere have today expressed serious concern over public safety issues relating to the cull, the accountability of those driving it and the secrecy...
Posted 14 Mar 2012
Demonstration held against Canada geese cull
On Saturday, local campaigners held a highly successful demonstration against the announcement by the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) that it does intend to go ahead with a cull of 200 Canada geese on...
Posted 12 Mar 2012
Is the Canada geese cull legal?
Three weeks ago, Animal Aid asked the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) for more information about the proposed cull of 200 Canada geese on Lake Windermere. As yet, the LDNPA has not responded to...
Posted 09 Mar 2012
Canada geese cull to go ahead: Animal Aid launches official boycott of the Lake District
The Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) is today (Wednesday) expected to reaffirm its commitment to killing 200 Canada geese as they nest around Lake Windermere this spring, despite widespread opposition to the cull.
Posted 06 Mar 2012