9th February 2012 The Badger Trust has sent a letter to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs giving them notice of the grounds of challenge which the Badger Trust intends to pursue if DEFRA does not set aside its decision to kill badgers in its measures to eradicate bovine tuberculosis. DEFRA’s final position should [...]
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BADGER PERSECUTORS JAILED FOR BAITING
Badger Trust joins other leading wildlife organisations in condemning cruelty in the countryside 12th January 2012 As seven criminals were being sentenced [1] at Scarborough for causing the “horrific and barbaric” deaths of two badgers ripped apart by dogs, the Badger Trust was one of 15 leading wildlife organisations who sent a joint statement to a national [...]
Badger Baiters Targeted
Press Release 10th January 2012 As part of an ongoing operation “Operation Meles” the public are being asked to be on the alert for any suspicious behaviour they see at or near badger setts they may know about. Historically between now and the end of April is the time of the year when badger baiters [...]
Badger Trust ‘very disappointed’ over cull decision
14th December 2011 The Badger Trust has been advised by Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for the Environment, that she has decided to proceed with the two pilot culls to determine the efficacy and humaneness of the free-shooting of badgers. Her statement was expected on 15th December but was made after Prime Minister’s Question Time [...]
Trust welcomes cattle passport scheme
29th November 2011 The Badger Trust warmly welcomes the Welsh Government’s decision to implement nationally a voluntary scheme for cattle passports to record when animals were last TB tested for bovine tuberculosis [1]. North Wales farmers have already been attaching special stickers to passports in a one-year pilot programme. Peredur Hughes of the Caernarfon Regional [...]
