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Bovine tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear!
Cattle tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear - British Wildlife
Bovine tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear In the May 2023 issue of British Wildlife, I described the ‘weakened link’ between badgers and bovine TB (bTB) infection in cattle. Since that…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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And following Rosie Wood of @badgertrust.bsky.social ’s recent column on the ongoing legal battle surrounding badger culling in the UK, @tomlangton.bsky.social summarises findings from recent research on bovine tuberculosis and badgers. Read the feature here: www.britishwildlife.com/cattle-tuber...
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the November newsletter here: us6.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema...
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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BTB control contradictions at the APHA

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BTB control contradictions at the APHA
In late November 2025 APHA published online their annual report on bTB for last year: “Bovine tuberculosis in England in 2024 Epidemiological analysis of the 2024 surveillance data and historical t…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Low Risk Area (LRA) culling must be scrapped for good
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Low Risk Area (LRA) culling must be scrapped for good
A Cumbria badger bloodbath At the Westminster Hall Debate on the 13th October, Angela Eagle the Defra Minister of State confirmed that the badger cull would come to an end in February 2026 in all b…
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October 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Natural England tried to price us out of taking legal action against Badger culling but it backfired when the High Court threw out NE's claim ⚖️

We continue. Substantive legal challenge against NE Badger cull licences takes place in December 🦡

Press release 🔽

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High Court rejects Natural England bid to hike legal costs for campaigners challenging badger culling - Wild Justice
An attempt by Natural England to hike campaigners’ legal costs to challenge badger culling licences has been blocked by the […]
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October 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Westminster Hall debate on ending Badger Culling, 13 October 2025
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Westminster Hall debate on ending Badger Culling, 13 October 2025
The Westminster Hall debate of the Protect the Wild petition, held on 13th October, was a significant improvement on previous badger cull debates.  The majority of voices spoke earnestly about a wi…
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October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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"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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September 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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2038 Bovine TB targets on the scrap heap, with details of failed policy increasingly exposed

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2038 Bovine TB targets on the scrap heap, with details of failed policy increasingly exposed
Why was the use of Gamma interfreon testing, alongside use of the tuberculin test (SICCT), under-declared in APHA’s central bovine TB control evaluation paper (Birch et al 2024) last year, and also…
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September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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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September 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Cattle testing with Gamma interferon
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Cattle testing with Gamma interferon
On 19th August, Defra sent an email to ‘stakeholders’ announcing that as part of the work to refresh the bTB strategy, it will be “enhancing test sensitivity in cattle herds”. This is “…
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August 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Is Diddly Squat Farm seeing the light on bovine TB testing and spread?

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Is Diddly Squat Farm seeing the light on bovine TB testing and spread?
The Diddly Squat Farm, owned by TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson and a part of the ‘Clarkson’s Farm TV show’, was the subject last week of multiple media reports on positive bovine TB tests in their sm…
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August 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The Cornwall badger vaccination project – why the secrecy and confusion?
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The Cornwall badger vaccination project – why the secrecy and confusion?
On 30th July, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Green received a reply to her written Parliamentary Question: “To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the paper by To…
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August 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The push for badger vaccination...what's behind it?

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Vacuous  vaccination?
Badger blame folly continues undercover Have you noticed how quiet the NFU have become over badger culling since Labour came to power?  Why could this be? Badger Politics In 2024 there was an agree…
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July 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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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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July 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Government say they will look at newly published evidence on statistical flaws in Randomised Badger Culling Trial in their review of bTB science
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Science row erupts over badger cull effectiveness after ‘flawed analysis’
Study, published in Royal Society Open Science, raises questions about the 2006 Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT), which the previous UK Government had use
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July 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Well deserved award for Herts Badger group member Mary Barton.
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Campaigner from Welwyn wins national award for fighting to protect badgers
A passionate campaigner from Welwyn has received a national award for her dedication and commitment to fighting for the protection of badgers.
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July 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Important review of new RBCT analysis:

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June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Yet more scientific evidence emerges that discredits the government's scandalous badger killing policy

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BREAKING: The science behind the badger cull just collapsed
Yet more scientific evidence emerges that discredits the government's scandalous badger killing policy
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June 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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This is huge. Please share widely.

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‘Bombshell’ badger cull study review ‘disproves evidence’ used to justify killings
‘Justification for lethal control to date appears to have been based on basic statistical oversight,’ says study
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June 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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RBCT: new appraisal......
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‘Bombshell’ badger cull study review ‘disproves evidence’ used to justify killings
‘Justification for lethal control to date appears to have been based on basic statistical oversight,’ says study
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June 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Find out more about the new scientific paper published today on analysis and results of the Randomised Badger Culling Trials:
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June 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Green Party continues to call for end to badger culling

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Green Party continues to call for end to badger culling
In response to the new scientific paper published in Royal Society Open Science today, Natalie Bennett has re-iterated the Green Party’s call to bring an end to badger culling. She is quoted …
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June 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM