Culling badgers has a "modest" effect in slowing the spread of TB say experts An independent scientific review has said that badger culling can have a "modest" effect in reducing cattle TB.

Badger culling will end in England within five years as part of a shift in the fight against bovine tuberculosis, the government said on Friday. As part of the new TB eradication strategy ...

Labour has been accused of a “callous” attack on the rural way of life after its manifesto included promises to end trail hunting and the culling of badgers. The manifesto on Thursday said the ...

Sir Brian May has said the animal welfare community is “very disappointed” by the new Labour Government’s current stance on ...

CON-DEM badger culling came under renewed attack yesterday after police said the bill had come to more than £2.4 million — or £1,300 a badger. Gloucestershire police and crime commissioner Martin Surl ...

A proposal to end badger culling on council-owned land in Oxfordshire has been met with widespread approval by county councillors. Ian Middleton, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat Green Alli ...

Farmers Weekly takes you through the A-Z of this year’s agricultural highs and lows. In this article, we look at ...

In October 2023, a High Court judge in Northern Ireland quashed a decision by the former agriculture minister Edwin Poots to allow badger culling. The decision was made after wildlife charities ...

Science-based solutions are needed. “Focus is needed on wildlife, structured deer cull needs to commence early in 2025 and a new strategy for managing badger setts. “Focus cannot always be on ...

Following Sir Brian May over a decade-long journey to understand the crisis caused by bovine tuberculosis and his opposition to the controversial badger cull, implemented to curb the spread of the ...