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Government U-turns on badger culls

Thousands more badgers set to die under government proposals to extend culling as part of its bovine TB control policy.
A badger in a meadow of green grass. It is looking up to the sky

New report calls for an immediate end to cruel and ineffective badger culling

Badger Trust’s important new report emphasises the need for a collaborative and evidence-based approach to tackling cattle TB.
Two badgers are poking their heads our of a sett dug into the earth

Plans to cull badgers in Northern Ireland rejected by court

Plans by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to introduce an English style badger cull in efforts to control bovine TB in cattle, have been thrown out by the High Court in a judgement released on 25th October.

Defra release new details of badger culling in 2023

Figures reveal a further 24,000 badgers could be killed under licence in the remainder of this year.

Born Free urges MPs to end UK badger cull

Born Free staff and supporters joined colleagues and friends from animal welfare groups to lobby MPs in Westminster to bring an immediate end to badger culling.

Speak up to save badgers

Care about badgers? Join us to lobby your MP to end the badger cull.

Is badger culling set to continue?

Born Free’s Head of Policy, Dr Mark Jones, has co-authored a report which investigates and challenges the Government’s claims that it is phasing out badger culling.

UK Government finally reveals latest badger cull numbers

More than 210,000 badgers killed to date in shameful and misguided efforts to control bovine TB in cattle.

Hedgehog & badger-killers

Born Free’s supports campaign to end the sale of illegal poison products in the UK aimed at killing protected species.

Wildlife rescue in the UK

Rescue & Care Officer Flo Blackbourn reports on Born Free’s support of wildlife rescue centres across the UK.