Badger Trust legal challenge over monitoring of badger cull to be heard by Court of Appeal
The Badger Trust will take its legal challenge over the lack of independent monitoring of the badger culls currently being undertaken in Somerset and Gloucestershire to the Court of Appeal on Thursday 9 October. This follows a hearing on 11 September where the Vice President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal agreed that […]
TB Edge Vaccination Scheme announced
Bill Harper of the NBA TB Committee has given a guarded welcome to the recently announced Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS). The scheme which was announced by Gavin Ross, Head of TB Programme for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is designed to aid in the control of endemic TB in the […]
British Veterinary Association welcomes launch of Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) welcomes the launch of the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS) announced today as part of the overall strategy to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England. Commenting, BVA President Robin Hargreaves said: “BVA welcomes the Secretary of State’s announcement of Government support for badger vaccination projects in the edge areas separating […]
Cure not Kill – Government presses ahead with badger vaccination scheme
Plans to vaccinate badgers in areas close to high-risk bovine TB (bTB) hotspots have been launched today by Defra. The move, welcomed by Care for the Wild and the Badger Trust, will fund charities and other organisations to inoculate badgers against the disease which leads to the deaths of thousands of cows each year. The […]
Farmer’s journey ‘to hell and back’ after first ever positive TB test
A farmer whose herd of pedigree Jersey cows was established 110 years ago by his great-grandfather has told how his family has been “to hell and back” following the farm’s first positive TB test. Ian Corner said he hadn’t brought any animals onto his farm in Oxfordshire for 14 years and his cows had no […]
MPs told: Owen Paterson is ‘playing politics’ with wildlife protection
Owen Paterson made no attempt to meet the Independent Expert Panel following the publication of their highly critical report into last year’s pilot badger culls, according to panel member Professor Tim Coulson. Speaking at meeting on Monday hosted by the Badger Trust & Care for the Wild and attended by over 40 MPs, researchers and […]
New measures announced to help tackle bovine TB
Further measures to strengthen our bovine TB cattle controls and prevent the spread of disease have been proposed in a consultation. The proposals come as new statistics published today show that the tough measures taken to combat bovine TB are starting to have an impact, with the rate of new herd infections at its lowest […]
Two veterinary pioneers combine to bid for bTB testing delivery role
A new national service company has been formed to bid for appointment as a Delivery Partner for bovine TB and other farm animal disease testing under AHVLA’s Veterinary Delivery Partnership programme. Xperior Farm Health is a joint venture between two established veterinary companies: Eville & Jones, and Westpoint Veterinary Group. Eville & Jones is an […]
87% say ‘badgers should not be killed’ as NFU meets anti-cullers in prestigious debate
Killing badgers is not necessary to eradicate bovine TB (bTB), according to the results of a prestigious debate about the badger cull which brought opposing sides of the argument – and a TV expert – together for the first time. Audience members at the Bristol University debate, which featured […]
