The Badger Cull has been in the news. Since culling started in 2013, we've become hardened to the remorseless growth of the cull zones; the horrific annual mortality figures and DEFRA's refusal to accept the evidence that culling is not effective in controlling bTB. The new Labour Government's U turn on promises to end culling if they came into power was a massive blow to our hopes (and demolished their environmental credentials).
The news is bitter sweet and hits hard. The badger cull is a national scandal. We must continue to hold the, politicians and scientists behind the Cull to account. Farmers and badgers are suffering a great disservice due to the reliance on flawed science and hearsay.
Report on Professor Paul Torgerson's visit to Oxford on 18th Nov for RBCT scientific seminar and Oxfordshire Badger Group evening meeting.
It's Badger Cull Action Week - Please support our petition
"Oxford University’s Scientists Must Speak Out Against Badger Extermination"
Please visit our petition update page for cull news and more information how you can help.
The long awaited, and much feared consultation on the next phase of government badger Tb control policy is now underway. It opened on 14th March and ends 22nd April.
t states a proposal:
This has been reported in the press as a 'U turn on plans to phase out culling'
We will be collaborating with the Badger Trust and the Oxfordshire Badger Coalition in drafting OBG's response to this. W'll also continue to our efforts to persuade Oxford University's
scientists to speak out about the misuse of their research.
We'll share details with you as they become available.
For now, the Badger Trust is putting out information
1) Latest consultation shows UK government remains fixated on killing badgers to end bTB in cattle (14th March)
2) No proof that culling badgers reduces bovine TB in cattle by over 50% (15th March)
Thank you for supporting and championing our badgers !
A lecture to the Tinbergen Society, Merton College Oxford, on 31 October 2023