Percy visits Defra HQ
Percy has made his way to the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and right next-door, was the National Farmers’ Union. Faced with […]
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Percy Q’Ted Badger delivers a letter to Natural England
Earlier this month Percy Q’Ted Badger and his human companions accepted and undertook a very important mission. Percy had written a letter to Natural England, […]
Badger cull data – 2018
Badger Cull data figures to 2018. The data contained in this file is much more than can be seen below. It is therefore recommended that […]
Badger cull summary data – 2017
Badger Cull data figures (summary) to 2017. The data below is summary data for the badger culls from 2013 to 2017. Set ‘Show 10 entries‘ […]
Badger cull full data – 2017
Badger Cull full data figures to 2017. The data contained in this file is much more than can be seen below. It is therefore recommended […]
Where is the badger cull taking place in 2018
With the year-on-year extension of the badger cull, you may ask “Where is the badger cull taking place in 2018?” The answer is, it’s taking […]
BANES Council refuses badger cull on its land
Ban slapped on ‘ineffective, expensive and cruel’ badger culling in Bath after narrow council vote. Permission for badger culls on land controlled by Bath and […]
SABC response to the Government consultation to begin badger culling in Avon
SABC response to the Government consultation to begin badger culling in Avon. The Government is seeking to extend badger culling to Avon, Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, […]
2017 badger cull figures
In this post, we look at the 2017 badger cull figures published in December 2017 The Government released the 2017 badger cull figures, just before the […]
The Government has relased the ‘official’ cull numbers for 2017
The Government has relased the ‘official’ cull numbers for 2017 and they make for grim reading. 19,274 badgers died this year across 19 cull zones. […]
Team Badger’s letter to new Prime Minister Theresa May
Team Badger has recently written to new Prime Minister Theresa May and new Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom calling for the badger cull to be halted. The […]
Badger information evening – 28 June 2016
An opportunity to learn about Britain’s largest carnivore; its biology, behaviour and place in the wider environment A badger information is being hosted by Devon […]
Liz Truss and the NFU misleading the public again
When Environment Secretary, Liz Truss, addressed the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Conference this year she said that farmers had “gone out night after night, often […]
Opportunity to comment on future badger control licence applications and/or expressions of interest
On 18th February the government announced it is consulting on 29 new ‘expressions of interest’ for badger culling licenses in Cheshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, […]
Devon & Cornwall Against The Badger Cull
Sadly there is a very real likelihood that the cull could be rolled out this year to an area straddling the Devon/Cornwall border. Rather than […]
Defra’s consultation on changing badger cull licence conditions
On 28 August 2015, the same day DEFRA announced that it would be continuing the badger culls, as well as extending them to Dorset, it […]
Chairman of Conservative Animal Welfare and Founder of Blue Badger urge the Government to abandon the badger culls
The news that the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset look set to continue this year was condemned by the Chairman of Conservative Animal Welfare and […]
Somerset Wildlife Trust opposes badger cull
Somerset Wildlife Trust is taking part in a protest march against the Government’s badger cull and calling upon its 18,000-strong membership and supporters to join […]
Ministers misleading the public over proposed changes to the hunting ban
The Government’s newly published proposals on relaxing the fox-hunting ban are much more extensive than the Tories have led the public to believe and will […]