N.Ireland
Study: Farmer-led badger vaccination effective against TB
Research on a farmer-led badger vaccination programme has been published in the British Ecological Society journal and has found that...
N.Ireland
Research on a farmer-led badger vaccination programme has been published in the British Ecological Society journal and has found that...
N.Ireland
Queen guitarist and wildlife activist, Brian May sets out to “get to the truth about Bovine TB, cattle, and badgers”...
N.Ireland
Culling badgers will not deliver the full eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) according to a leading UK cattle vet. Dick...
Rural Life
North Yorkshire Police has arrested five men after they were found with dogs attacking badgers in the Kilburn area, leaving...
N.Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has arrested a 34-year-old Fermanagh man in connection with animal cruelty. The man...
N.Ireland
Culling badgers will have “no meaningful impact” on campaigns designed to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB), according to a leading UK...
N.Ireland
The chair of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Partnership (TBEP), Sean Hogan, has re-affirmed the need for a badger cull in...
Dairy
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is calling on government to place focus on cattle-based...
N.Ireland
The decision to launch a badger cull in Northern Ireland (NI) is to be legally challenged in the courts by...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has condemned the badger cull announced by the Northern...
Agri-Business
There is no evidence to show that mass badger culling in the United Kingdom prevents bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle,...
Rural Life
The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) and the Northern Ireland Badger Group (NIBG) are expanding...
N.Ireland
A new study into badger genetics has shown those from the north-eastern and south-eastern counties of Ireland share genetics with badgers...
Agri-Business
Culling can drive badgers to roam 61% further afield, potentially increasing risk of transmission, according to a study by the...
Government
Reductions in new outbreaks of bovine TB have been recorded in Gloucestershire and Somerset following the completion of licensed four-year...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s first badger report shows just over 40 potential badger crimes were reported in 2015. The report was published...
N.Ireland
The Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project is to start today, June 19, in a 100km² area...
N.Ireland
A badger control policy should be implemented in Northern Ireland to reduce the overall level of infection in the badger population,...