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BTWS pioneered the use of reflector posts to protect badgers from being hit by cars on the roads. Here is a new model reflector which is much improved from earlier stainless steel reflectors being placed next to a badger run…

That when the e-petition posted by Dr. Brian May on the Government site to “Stop the Badger Cull” reached 100,000 signatures (October 2012) it resulted in a House of Commons “Back Benchers Debate” which opposed the cull by 147 votes…

Tories say move will help farmers tackle bovine TB but police warn of illegal badger persecution The row over badger culling has erupted again, with Labour describing government plans to allow farmers to shoot the animals on their land as…

The Badger Trust appeals in a new leaflet for the public to respond to the Coalition Government’s consultation on its pointless plans to license farmers to kill badgers in parts of England, its preferred option after setting out a futile…

By DR CHRIS CHEESEMAN Retired head of wildlife diseases Central Science Laboratory “I HAVE spent the major part of my 42 year career as a wildlife ecologist studying bovine TB in badgers. I have taken a close interest in the…

THE leaders of the two main Opposition parties have both stated that they would implement a badger cull to control the spread of bovine TB (bTB). Conservative leader David Cameron said he would sanction a cull if the Tories win…