Protecting Britain's Badgers
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Badger News


This section contains an archive of news about badgers in the last few months. It mainly includes Press Releases and other information about our campaign to prevent a cull of badgers. It also contains information about our action to prevent persecution of badgers and our successes in dealing with injured and orphaned badgers and their return to the wild.

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click to view/download this PDF file (10KB)  Badger TB "death toll" a myth, says Trust 25 Feb 2010  
   The Badger Trust has written to Mr Jim Fizpatrick, the Farming Minister challenging a statement he is reported to have made about bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during a recent visit to the South West of England.  
click to view/download this PDF file (12KB)  Judicial Review 23 Dec 2009  
   The Badger Trust is applying for a Judicial Review of the decision made in September 2009 by the Welsh Assembly Government (W.A.G.) to include the killing of badgers in its bovine tuberculosis eradication scheme.  
click to view/download this PDF file (163KB)  Judicial Review 22 Dec 2009  
   Background and grounds submitted for the Judicial Review  
click to view/download this PDF file (157KB)  Badger Trust calls for Welsh cull plan to be revoked 2 Nov 2009  
   The Badger Trust has formally asked for the decision of 28 September 2009 by the Minister for Rural Affairs in the Welsh Assembly Government to organise a badger cull to be revoked.  
click to view/download this PDF file (22KB)  Badger Trust hits out at scaremongering nonsense 8 Jul 2009  
   Claims by the South West National Beef Association’s vice chairman about the spread of bovine TB were described today by the Badger Trust as irresponsible scaremongering, totally unsupported by validated scientific evidence.  
click to view/download this PDF file (14KB)  Charity challenges farm union chief to withdraw accusations 25 Jun 2009  
   Comments by Welsh Farmers Union president Gareth Vaughan have been described by a leading wildlife charity as scurrilous and totally unfounded, offensive to tens of thousands of conservationists across Britain.  
click to view/download this PDF file (14KB)  Study finds "no evidence" that badgers give TB to cattle, says Badger Trust 30 Apr 2009  
   The Badger Trust strongly challenges claims by the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) that "TB could be passed from badgers to cattle" through contact between cattle and badgers in the field[1].  
click to view/download this PDF file (1.35MB)  Pounds Shillings and Pence appeal for Orphaned Triplets. 29 Mar 2009  
   Badger Trust - Sussex launch appeal to help feed orphaned cubs.  
click to view/download this PDF file (16KB)  Badger Trust condemns "brutal" and "abhorrent" decision to kill badgers in Wales 24 Mar 2009  
   Badger Trust Cymru today described the decision to kill badgers in Wales to control bovine TB as the start of a "brutal pogrom",  
click to view/download this PDF file (13KB)  Badger TB vaccine project gets cautious welcome from Badger Trust 19 Mar 2009  
   A field trial of a bovine TB vaccine for badgers has been given a cautious welcome by the Badger Trust.  
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Protecting Britain's Badgers
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Photograph: courtesy Laurie Campbell
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