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 ...

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 ...

Government officials have given the go-ahead for a fresh round of badger culling, starting immediately – against advice from their own scientific chief. Natural England is believed to have authorised ...

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The Government's controversial badger cull has been branded an "embarrassing failure" after pilots of the scheme in two counties failed to hit targets for numbers of animals killed. Sign Up and be ...

Farmers say badgers spread deadly disease to cattle, but activists call the yearly killings of thousands of badgers cruel and ineffective. A European badger, Britain’s largest surviving terrestrial ...

ANDY CUNNINGHAM, the creator and co-star of the 1990s children’s television show /Bodger and Badger/, has produced a one-off episode for YouTube in which his furry friend becomes unknowingly involved ...

Government claims that badger culling is needed to tackle tuberculosis in cattle based on successes in other countries are "seriously flawed", a group of vets has said. Sign up for the top news ...

The controversial badger cull will not prevent the spread of tuberculosis and could result in farmers being accidentally shot, a Staffordshire wildlife campaigner said today. Sign up for the top news ...