N.Ireland
There has been no “appropriate response” from DAERA to bovine TB in Northern Ireland, the Ulster Famers Union (UFU) has said.
Agri-Business
A new farmer-led research project in England is exploring how badger vaccination may be used within the TB eradication strategy
A 56-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to ‘Damage Or Destroy the Shelter of a Wild Animal’ and fined £500 in NI
Research scientists at the Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) are confirming that bovine...
Research on a farmer-led badger vaccination programme has been published in the British Ecological...
Queen guitarist and wildlife activist, Brian May sets out to “get to the truth about Bovine...
Culling badgers will not deliver the full eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) according to a...
Rural Life
North Yorkshire Police has arrested five men after they were found with dogs attacking badgers in the Kilburn area, leaving one badger dead.
A 34-year-old Fermanagh man was arrested by the PSNI yesterday in relation to a possible link with badger baiting.
Culling badgers will have “no meaningful impact” on campaigns designed to eradicate bovine...
The chair of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Partnership (TBEP), Sean Hogan, has re-affirmed...
Dairy
The RSPCA is calling on government to place focus on cattle-based measures to reduce tuberculosis (TB) in cattle.
The decision to launch a badger cull in Northern Ireland (NI) is to be legally challenged in the courts by Wild Justice and NIBG.
The Ulster Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has condemned the badger cull...
There is no evidence to show that mass badger culling in the United Kingdom prevents bovine...
The USPCA and the Northern Ireland Badger Group (NIBG) are expanding their Operation Brockwatch initiative in 2021.
A new study into badger genetics has shown those from the north-eastern and south-eastern counties...
Culling can drive badgers to roam 61% further afield, potentially increasing risk of transmission, according to a study by the Zoological Society of London.
Government
Reductions in new outbreaks of bovine TB have been recorded in Gloucestershire and Somerset following four-year badger culls.
Northern Ireland’s first badger report shows just over 40 potential badger crimes were...
Northern Ireland's first badger report shows just over 40 potential badger crimes were reported in the year of 2015.
The Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project is to start today in a 100km² area in County Down.
A badger control policy should be implemented in Northern Ireland to reduce the overall level of...
