Badger culling continues despite Bern Convention findings
Thousands more badgers face being shot in England this autumn despite a finding that the culls contravene an internationally binding legal agreement.
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New Bovine TB review fails to address critical issues
Badger Trust and Born Free Foundation Issue a Joint Statement on the Godfray Review - 4 September 2025
Will the Bern Convention come to the rescue of England’s beleaguered badgers?
In June 2025, the Bureau of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, also known as the Bern Convention, met in Strasbourg. On its agenda was the longstanding complaint against the UK government’s policy of culling badgers as part of its strategy for controlling bovine TB in cattle in England.
New paper undermines Government’s rationale for badger culling
Analysis highlights flaws in the Randomised Badger Culling Trial, which forms the basis of the policy to shoot British badgers.
More misery for badgers as Labour approves mass shooting
Government ignores internal expert advice as it sanctions further killing of badgers.
Badger petition reaches 100,000 signatures
Thanks to YOUR support, ending the cruel and ineffective badger cull should move up the parliamentary agenda.
Thousands more badgers to be culled this year
The Labour government has published details of badger culling licenses that could result in the targeting of almost 40,000 additional badgers in 2024.
Born Free badger lobby goes to Parliament
Born Free joined Badger Trust and hundreds of supporters to call for an immediate end to the badger cull.
Government scraps proposals for ‘targeted badger culls’
Welcome relief for badgers, but more still must be done to end the cull.
Born Free to lobby the new government for an end to the badger cull
Join us in London on Tuesday 3rd September to call on the new Government to #KillTheCull