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Oxfordshire Badger Group
*** Registered Charity No. 1186850 ***

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URGENT: Write to your MP re DEFRA Consultation on vaccination and culling

'Be in no doubt, DEFRA's proposals mean that badgers could be vaccinated in the summer and shot in the autumn".

"A betrayal of public trust and government promises to phase out badger culling in favour of badger and cattle vaccination."

We ask everyone who cares for badgers and supports the vaccination effort to contact their MP and ask them to raise this in parliament.

The Badger Trust's Open Letter to George Eustace, Secretary of state responsible for the bTB strategy explains the concerns in detail.

Helping badgers in summer

Go to Badger Trust article and advice

Badgers and other wildlife suffer during prolonged dry spells. Badgers rely on worms as their main food source. But worms go deep underground in dry periods. Badgers may have to travel longer distances and may behave oddly in their search for new sources of food and water. This can result in increased damage to gardens and crops

Please supply fresh water and consider moderate supplementary feeding. Badgers will appreciate peanuts, dog biscuit, juicy fresh fruit. Don't provide milk, dairy or meat products.

Vaccination starts 20/06/2020

OBG is delighted to be able to vaccinate again this year. We will be following additional COVID19 safety protocols. Despite this, the vaccination team plan to double the area covered by the programme.

Please help with fundraising if you can. There are many ways to support us - including shopping online!

Visit our fundraising page

COVID19: Badger Trust guidance to Badger Groups

OBG is following guidance issued by the Badger Trust. We will continue to operate and ensure our activities and those of volunteers comply with government guidance on social distancing.

All face to face meetings are on hold for the foreseeable future.

OBG will continue to provide a badger rescue service where possible to do so safely and providing our local wildlife hospitals and veterinary practices have capacity

Please continue to report any badger road traffic accidents or other sightings. This can include sett survey and monitoring carried out during your permitted daily exercise.

Obviously we will all need to comply fully with any additional restrictions that may be announced in future.

We are updating the members section of this website to make more resources and information available to you all.

Please check back regularly

Linda Ward, 03 June 2020.

Link to Badger Trust COVID19 Guidance

OBG Registered Charity Number 1186850

Oxfordshire Badger Group was added to the Register of Charities just before Christmas 2019.

Our Aims are:

to promote, for the public benefit, the conservation and protection of badgers, their setts and habitats in Oxfordshire and elsewhere; and
to advance the education of the public on the ecology, behaviour and protected status of badgers, their setts and habitats

Busy times ahead as we look to fundraise for the first full year of vaccination and adjust to our new charity status !

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