British conservationist and broadcaster Bill Oddie and MPs from all sides of the House of Commons are showing their support for a formal complaint to the Bern Convention against the British government ...

Environment secretary Caroline Spelman has said she is “strongly minded†to allow controlled culling of badgers by farmers and landowners in England. Environment secretary Caroline Spelman has said ...

DEFRA is to consult within the few weeks on a badger cull in those areas of England suffering the most from bovine TB. DEFRA is to consult within the few weeks on a badger cull in those areas of ...

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The end of the badger cull moved a step closer today as officials announced the next step in a bovine TV jab for cows. Some 174,517 badgers have been killed since 2013 under efforts to curb the spread ...

Natural England has given the go-ahead for badger culling to resume in two areas where bovine TB has been rife. The government body announced it had sent authorisation letters granting a supplementary ...

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