Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Defra confirmed culling was not expected to resume, effectively ending the practice in England [PA Media] Badger culling has ...

The Administrative Court has refused to make an advisory declaration sought by Wild Justice and Badger Trust in their ...

A controversial pilot badger cull conducted in England and aimed at reducing the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle has been deemed neither humane nor effective by experts. An investigation by the ...

Defra confirmed culling was not expected to resume this year, effectively ending the practice in England Badger culling has effectively ended in England, the government has confirmed. The practice was ...

In the flurry of the holiday season, many people will have missed the government’s verdict on the 2014 badger culls, published on December 18. Farmers’ representatives have branded these recent culls ...

Despite a recent study showing badgers may not transmit bovine tuberculosis (TB) to cattle after all, culls are set to be carried out in five new areas of England in an attempt to control the disease.

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—helping ...

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is expected to cost British taxpayers nearly £100m in 2014. Scientific evidence is a vital weapon in the fight to protect cattle from TB. Why, then, has the government just ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. For the second year in a row, hunters have begun killing badgers in two ...

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 ...