Badger Vaccination Programme Underway in the Intensive Action Area
The Welsh Government’s programme of badger vaccination against bovine tb is getting underway with some landowners in the Intensive Action Area in West Wales receiving letters informing them about the strategy and asking for their consent to access their land. Well done to the TB and Animal Health Teams for their swift action. Part of [...]
Cattle vaccination against bovine TB and associated DIVA test
Defra have provided the following information extracted from Freedom of Information Requests and other Correspondence which indicates that a cattle vaccine is closer to deployment than the Government would have us think.
Welsh Government Announce Badger Vaccination Programme
Wonderful news – John Griffiths, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development announced this afternoon:-
“After careful consideration I have decide to pursue a badger vaccination programme…..I have asked my Chief Veterinary Officer to design the project to begin in the Intensive Action Area this summer and continue for five years.
Two To Watch – Brian May and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust on film
Here are two short filmed pieces well worth watching and circulating to as many folks as you can. Simple, informative and compelling. Please pass the links on to friends, family, networks etc and post on any blogs, websites and social media that you have access to. Brian May – Brian May’s recent interview on Alan Titchmarsh show is on [...]
Badger Trust gives DEFRA notice of legal challenge
Good news - here’s the positive and robust statement issued by the Badger Trust yesterday… (Note: the statement relates to the English badger culling proposals only. The Welsh Government has not yet announced its intentions regarding the currently suspended Welsh badger cull.) _____________________________________________________________________________ Badger Trust gives DEFRA notice of legal challenge The Badger Trust has sent a letter to the Department of Environment, [...]
‘Specialists like Devon farmer **** **** can identify diseased setts, but often lack academic qualifications deemed necessary to do the job – a great pity.’ – Badger Trust
The latest in the Badger Trust’s ‘Nonsense in the News’ series – a much needed myth-busting service. ‘Specialists like Devon farmer **** **** can identify diseased setts, but often lack academic qualifications deemed necessary to do the job – a great pity’. News item: Western Morning News [1]. SUCH RURAL MYTHS as this are increasingly prevalent. [...]
Killing badgers risks seriously wounding tourism
With decisions imminent yet again on whether to kill thousands of badgers in west Wales, and now south west England as well, people are once again highlighting the very real risk of blighting tourism in these areas - and with it many local jobs and businesses. A recent report by the British Hospitality Association ‘Hospitality in Wales: driving local economies and underpinning communities’ reinforces [...]
Staggering Badgers – Badger Trust press release
The issue of ‘Badgers and bovine TB’ and the Coalition Government’s proposals to kill badgers by free shooting was debated by MPs in Westminster Hall on October 18th. Some of the contributions by pro culling MPs were, to say the least, lacking in substance. James Gray, MP for North Wiltshire, proffered a ludicrous tale of staggering [...]