Badger culling is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of helping control cattle TB in Britain, according to research published today in PLoS ONE. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London ...

Up to 50,000 badgers could be slaughtered this year if a planned expansion of the national culling scheme goes ahead, opponents of the policy claim. The increase will be caused by a “predicted ...

Malcolm Bennett has received funding from DEFRA and wildlife and farming charities to investigate the role of badgers in the epidemiology of TB on the edge of the cattle epidemic. He also supervises ...

The slapstick sketch carries a serious message as the pair come out of retirement to deliver a damning verdict on a bid by farmers to kill 100,000 of the animals in a bid to prevent the spread of ...

A new study has found that culling drives badgers to roam 61% further afield -- helping to explain why the practice, intended to reduce bovine TB transmission, can sometimes exacerbate the problem ...

The study indicates the practice drives the surviving creatures to cover 61% more land each month than before the cull began. Researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Imperial ...

UPLEADON, United Kingdom (AFP) ― Badgers are shy creatures, their black-and-white coats often darting out of human sight ― but in Britain, a fierce band of protesters has been working through the ...

Intensive badger culling to tackle TB in livestock will be gradually phased out and a cattle vaccine for the disease will be deployed, the government has announced. The next phase of the government's ...

A Leeds wildlife group has strongly criticised the continuation of England’s badger cull, saying it is “cruel, ineffective and utterly unbelievable” that it is still taking place more than a decade ...

In Herefordshire wildlife campaigners claim any badger cull would not help support local curlew population - this year, once ...

The prospect of a badger cull to combat the soaring epidemic of tuberculosis in cattle has diminished after MPs recommended any future slaughter should be strictly limited. The Environment, Food and ...

image: A study led by researchers at international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and Imperial College London has found that culling drives badgers to roam 61% further afield ...