Badgers, with their furry humbug-like faces, look pretty benign. But over the past few years, they’ve been blamed with the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB), and the UK government has been on a ...

The UK government has recently issued 17 new badger cull licenses, disregarding the advice of Dr. Peter Brotherton, the scientific advisor from Natural England. Leaked documents revealed by the ...

Reform UK has urged the Welsh government to consider a badger cull as part of efforts to eradicate TB in cattle, arguing that existing policies have failed to bring the disease under control.

Post mortems of badgers killed during a recent cull raise further questions about whether the policy is humane and effective, say wildlife experts. Channel 4 News has exclusive sight of the results.

Badger culling has effectively ended in England, the government has confirmed. The practice was widely used in farming to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB), which resulted in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Badger culling policy led to huge numbers of the animals being killed (Image: ANNETTEPYRAH / Getty) BADGER culling in Cumbria has ...

As Digital Journal reported, since August 2013 the U.K. government has embarked on a series of badger culls. The argument in favor of the culls rests with the premise that badgers spread tuberculosis ...

As Digital Journal has covered previously the U.K. government has undertaken a series of badger culls at different intervals since 2013. These exterminations are designed to prevent badgers spreading ...

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England pursued widespread badger culling in affected areas but has now ended the policy Reform UK has urged the Welsh government to consider a badger cull as part of efforts to eradicate TB in cattle ...