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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · 24d

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The Badger Crowd @badgercrowd.bsky.social · 25d

"The Randomised Badger Culling Trial (1998-2005); proactive badger culling analyses were not weak, but invalid."

Follow-up to the recent Bovine TB strategy review update by the Godfray panel, new preprint;

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The Badger Crowd @badgercrowd.bsky.social · 28d

Badger Crowd looks at 'Chapter 6. The disease in wildlife' in Godfray's recent review of bovine TB science

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Godfray ‘science’ report simply adds to the bovine TB chaos

Panel Chair: Professor Sir Charles Godfray The long-awaited ‘Godfray’ report, a review of scientific evidence since 2018 concerning bovine TB in cattle, was published on 4th September. …

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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Sep 14

GCN juv, fresh out of the pond, climbs grass to sniff the air.

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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yep confirmed!

Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Aug 21

First from this yr or smallest from last?

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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Aug 21

Purple Emp on the reserve???

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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sizewell C displaced adders will move away for 1 km or more and be crushed on road and in building work or just get lost in unsuitable habitat - where are the wildlife barriers to prevent this?

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EuroBadger @eurobadger.bsky.social · Jul 12

The 2025 ‘Torgerson’ scientific paper

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The 2025 ‘Torgerson’ scientific paper

“The fall of the perturbation effect hypothesis” Professor Paul Torgerson The new scientific Comment paper by Paul Torgerson and colleagues was published on 11 June in Royal Society Ope…

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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Jun 16

Important review of new RBCT analysis:
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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Jun 11

Randomised Badger Culling Trials: new evaluation
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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · May 13

Do like it when the daphnia get serious.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · May 9

An animal caught in a snare can suffer for hours — terrified, bleeding, dying slowly.

This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · May 9

Ecologist Tom Langton has joined forces with Protect the Wild to expose the truth behind the government's failing badger cull—revealing why science, not slaughter, should guide disease control.

Read the full article 👇
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Is the Badger Cull Working? Ask AI!

Or preferably listen to Tom Langton, someone who knows what they're talking about.

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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · May 4

And someone had a little grebe...

Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · May 4

Sudden death of three wild rabbits overnight - under investigation.

Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Apr 23

Good lot of common toad tadpoles at Captains Wood, Suffolk on Sunday.

Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Apr 21

Slow-worm and ants at the top of the compost bin again...

Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Apr 9

Frog and toad spawn hatching well in extended sunny period. But drought conditions forming, a worry for the summer.

Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Apr 6

Afternoon encounter with a large grass snake.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · Apr 3

Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull “review”

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Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull “review”

YouTube video by Protect the Wild

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Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Mar 24

Toad time again.

Tom Langton @tomlangton.bsky.social · Mar 22

Worms out tonight. Newt feeding time.

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The Badger Crowd @badgercrowd.bsky.social · Mar 6

How on earth did badgers ger the bovine TB blame?

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How on earth did badgers get the TB blame?

Bovine TB has been misunderstood for 50 years. All because new interpretations by MAFF in 1980 sent industry and scientists in the wrong direction. A new short report here now tells the story of h…

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The Badger Crowd @badgercrowd.bsky.social · Mar 3

URGENT Total badger cull and TB testing failure in the Low Risk Area of England - LRA heading out of control due to predictable APHA failures. Zeichner myst act immediately.

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The Badger Crowd - standing up for badgers

Reporting on badger cull science & legal challenges

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The Badger Crowd @badgercrowd.bsky.social · Feb 22

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‘Science and Politics’ by Ian Boyd

Hiding in plain sight with the Oxford brigade Prof. Sir Ian Boyd has a book out: ‘Science and Politics’ (politybooks.com, around £20). In it, he devotes several pages to describing the events that …

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