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Standing up for badgers
https://thebadgercrowd.org/
"The Randomised Badger Culling Trial (1998-2005); proactive badger culling analyses were not weak, but invalid." Follow-up to the recent Bovine TB strategy review update by the Godfray panel, new preprint;
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7 days ago
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2038 Bovine TB targets on the scrap heap, with details of failed policy increasingly exposed
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2038 Bovine TB targets on the scrap heap, with details of failed policy increasingly exposed
Why was the use of Gamma interfreon testing, alongside use of the tuberculin test (SICCT), under-declared in APHAâs central bovine TB control evaluation paper (Birch et al 2024) last year, and alsoâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/2038-bovine-tb-targets-on-the-scrap-heap-with-details-of-failed-policy-increasingly-exposed
9 days ago
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Badger Crowd looks at 'Chapter 6. The disease in wildlife' in Godfray's recent review of bovine TB science
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Godfray âscienceâ report simply adds to the bovine TB chaos
Panel Chair: Professor Sir Charles Godfray The long-awaited âGodfrayâ report, a review of scientific evidence since 2018 concerning bovine TB in cattle, was published on 4th September. âŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/godfray-science-report-simply-adds-to-the-bovine-tb-chaos
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Cattle testing with Gamma interferon
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Cattle testing with Gamma interferon
On 19th August, Defra sent an email to âstakeholdersâ announcing that as part of the work to refresh the bTB strategy, it will be âenhancing test sensitivity in cattle herdsâ. This is ââŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/enhanced-cattle-testing-with-gamma
29 days ago
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Is Diddly Squat Farm seeing the light on bovine TB testing and spread?
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Is Diddly Squat Farm seeing the light on bovine TB testing and spread?
The Diddly Squat Farm, owned by TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson and a part of the âClarksonâs Farm TV showâ, was the subject last week of multiple media reports on positive bovine TB tests in their smâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/jeremy-clarkson
about 2 months ago
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The Cornwall badger vaccination project â why the secrecy and confusion?
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The Cornwall badger vaccination project â why the secrecy and confusion?
On 30th July, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Green received a reply to her written Parliamentary Question: âTo ask His Majestyâs Government what assessment they have made of the paper by ToâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/the-new-badger-vaccination-trial-whats-it-going-to-show
about 2 months ago
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The push for badger vaccination...what's behind it?
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Vacuous vaccination?
Badger blame folly continues undercover Have you noticed how quiet the NFU have become over badger culling since Labour came to power? Why could this be? Badger Politics In 2024 there was an agreeâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/vacuous-vaccination
2 months ago
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3 months ago
The 2025 âTorgersonâ scientific paper
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The 2025 âTorgersonâ scientific paper
âThe fall of the perturbation effect hypothesisâ Professor Paul Torgerson The new scientific Comment paper by Paul Torgerson and colleagues was published on 11 June in Royal Society OpeâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/the-new-torgerson-scientific-paper
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Government say they will look at newly published evidence on statistical flaws in Randomised Badger Culling Trial in their review of bTB science
www.vettimes.com/news/vet-nur...
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Science row erupts over badger cull effectiveness after âflawed analysisâ
Study, published in Royal Society Open Science, raises questions about the 2006 Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT), which the previous UK Government had use
https://www.vettimes.com/news/vet-nursing/livestock-vet-nursing/science-row-erupts-over-badger-cull-effectiveness-after-flawed-analysis
3 months ago
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Well deserved award for Herts Badger group member Mary Barton.
www.whtimes.co.uk/news/2528155...
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Campaigner from Welwyn wins national award for fighting to protect badgers
A passionate campaigner from Welwyn has received a national award for her dedication and commitment to fighting for the protection of badgers.
https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/25281550.welwyn-campaigner-wins-award-fighting-protect-badgers/?ref=li
3 months ago
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Important review of new RBCT analysis:
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3 months ago
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Protect the Wild
4 months ago
Yet more scientific evidence emerges that discredits the government's scandalous badger killing policy
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BREAKING: The science behind the badger cull just collapsed
Yet more scientific evidence emerges that discredits the government's scandalous badger killing policy
https://protectthewild.substack.com/p/a-timely-new-probe-strengthens-case
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4 months ago
This is huge. Please share widely.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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âBombshellâ badger cull study review âdisproves evidenceâ used to justify killings
âJustification for lethal control to date appears to have been based on basic statistical oversight,â says study
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/badger-cull-study-paper-btb-labour-government-b2765299.html
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RBCT: new appraisal......
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âBombshellâ badger cull study review âdisproves evidenceâ used to justify killings
âJustification for lethal control to date appears to have been based on basic statistical oversight,â says study
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/badger-cull-study-paper-btb-labour-government-b2765299.html
4 months ago
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Find out more about the new scientific paper published today on analysis and results of the Randomised Badger Culling Trials:
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4 months ago
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Green Party continues to call for end to badger culling
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Green Party continues to call for end to badger culling
In response to the new scientific paper published in Royal Society Open Science today, Natalie Bennett has re-iterated the Green Partyâs call to bring an end to badger culling. She is quoted âŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/green-party-continues-to-call-for-end-to-badger-culling
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Randomised Badger Culling Trials: new evaluation
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RBCT: New evaluation.
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4 months ago
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Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials â against advice of own science chief
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Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials against advice of own science chief
Exclusive: Supplementary culls set to begin in nine areas from Sunday and 10 areas from September
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/badger-cull-licence-area-2025-b2761061.html
4 months ago
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PĂĄdraic Fogarty
4 months ago
Listen back to the brief debate this week between myself and the IFA on the failure of the livestock industry to get a grip on ballooning levels of TB
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Opposition TDs take issue with Government's badger-culling programme
PĂĄdraic Fogarty, ecologist and TJ Maher, Chair of the IFA's Animal Health Committee, debate the need to cull wild badgers as part of efforts to prevent the spread of TB in cattle.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22515226/
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Breakdowns return after six years. Normal for the failed testing regime being used. These farmers should be told the truth.
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âItâs the next worst thing to losing a family memberâ: The toll of Irelandâs bovine TB crisis
As TB numbers continue to rise across Irish farms, The Journal Investigates speaks to those in the farming community carrying the huge financial and emotional loss.
https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-bovine-tb-crisis-6709594-May2025/?utm_source=shortlink
4 months ago
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Dopey DAFM snaring and shooting healthy and vaccinated badgers. No wonder the EU are after them.
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Over 80% of badgers culled in government TB programme found to be free from the disease
More than 8,000 badgers destroyed by DAFM in a nation-wide crackdown to eradicate bovine tuberculosis were found to be infection free following post-mortems.
https://www.thejournal.ie/badger-culling-ireland-6709659-May2025/?utm_source=shortlink
4 months ago
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Activism and the Scientist: it is surely sensible that âscientists have the right and responsibility to engage in activismâ because âtheir expertise and ethical responsibility position them well to change policyâ
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5 months ago
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Is Test Vaccinate Remove (TVR) the new corrupted thinking? New blog:
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5 months ago
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Protect the Wild
6 months ago
Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull âreviewâ
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Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull âreviewâ
YouTube video by Protect the Wild
https://youtu.be/Uxku49USFfc
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How on earth did badgers ger the bovine TB blame?
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How on earth did badgers get the TB blame?
Bovine TB has been misunderstood for 50 years. All because new interpretations by MAFF in 1980 sent industry and scientists in the wrong direction. A new short report here now tells the story of hâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/how-did-badgers-get-the-blame
7 months ago
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URGENT Total badger cull and TB testing failure in the Low Risk Area of England - LRA heading out of control due to predictable APHA failures. Zeichner myst act immediately.
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The Badger Crowd - standing up for badgers
Reporting on badger cull science & legal challenges
https://thebadgercrowd.org/blog
7 months ago
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âScience and Politicsâ by Ian Boyd
Hiding in plain sight with the Oxford brigade Prof. Sir Ian Boyd has a book out: âScience and Politicsâ (politybooks.com, around ÂŁ20). In it, he devotes several pages to describing the events that âŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/science-and-politics-by-ian-boyd
7 months ago
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Badger cull review details announced: Government to review the last six years of bTB science for its ârefreshedâ bovine TB strategy
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#badgermonday
7 months ago
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Posts (2018-2024) from Twitter/X are being transferred over to Bluesky by
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The Badger Crowd - standing up for badgers
Reporting on badger cull science & legal challenges
https://thebadgercrowd.org/
8 months ago
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Government to review the last six years of bTB science for its ârefreshedâ bovine TB strategy. How objective will the new review be?
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Labour Government & badger culling
Government to review the last six years of bTB science for its ârefreshedâ bovine TB strategy. On 30th January 2025, Defra issued Terms of Reference (here) for the âcomprehensive new boâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/how-serious-is-labour-about-their-new-bovine-tb-strategy
8 months ago
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Defra to fritter funds on 3-year can-kick.
www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/he...
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Defra set to award NFU ÂŁ1.4m for badger vaccination pilot - Farmers Weekly
Defra is set to allocate the NFU a ÂŁ1.4m contract for a three-year badger vaccination and research project in Cornwall. The pilot, which is due to begin
https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/health-welfare/livestock-diseases/bovine-tb/defra-set-to-award-nfu-1-4m-for-badger-vaccination-pilot
8 months ago
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DAERA bTB partnership group holds first meeting.
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DAERA establishes new Tuberculosis Partnership Steering Group
Northern Irelandâs Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) Mr Brian Dooher has met with the new TB Partnership Steering Group for the first time to explore proposals to eradicate bovine Tuberculosis (bTB).
https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/news/daera-establishes-new-tuberculosis-partnership-steering-group
8 months ago
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Bovine TB jargon explainer The TB status of cattle herds â how does that work?
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Bovine TB jargon explainer
The TB status of cattle herds â how does that work? The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) maintain in recent publications (Birch et al. 2024 and APHA epidemiology reports for 2023) that it is tâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-jargon
8 months ago
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Protect the Wild
9 months ago
Opposite Downing Street earlier today, campaigners arenât giving up. The Badger cull must end.
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Jenny Jones
9 months ago
Please sign to help end this cruelty. And then repost.
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9 months ago
End the massacre of badgers! The cull is cruel, ineffective, and completely unnecessary. Labour knows this, yet they drag their feet on banning it. Demand action nowâsign the petition to save the badgers. đ
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317
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9 months ago
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Bovine TB roundup 2024:
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2024 has been a remarkable year, where it seems that better awareness of the bovine TB scandal is emerging. 1/2
#badgermonday
9 months ago
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Protect the Wild
9 months ago
If youâre as outraged and sickened as we are by the 200,000+ badgers shot dead thanks to a senseless cull, then please sign the petition. Weâve just passed 30,000 signatures and need 100k for a debate in Parliament.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Governmentâs TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull âineffective.â W...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317
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A look at 2024 and the ongoing tragedy of the bovine TB scandal.
https://thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-roundup-2024
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9 months ago
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Chris Packham
9 months ago
It is with enormous sadness that I have resigned from my role as president of the RSPCA . I would like to register my respect and admiration for all the staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to protect animals from cruelty . Thank you .
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RSPCA accused of âfailure of leadershipâ as Chris Packham resigns
Packham and Caroline Lucas stood down as president and vice-president after workers at the charityâs approved abattoirs were filmed mistreating animals
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/rspca-accused-of-failure-of-leadership-as-chris-packham-resigns-8zll3g9h0
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Bovine TB roundup 2024 Everything changes but stays the same? New blog:
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Bovine TB roundup 2024
Everything changes but stays the same? 2024 has been a remarkable year, where it seems that better awareness of the bovine TB scandal is emerging. Yet institutional forces struggle to grapple with âŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-roundup-2024
9 months ago
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10 months ago
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Over 230,000 badgers brutally killed in a pointless cull that doesnât stop bovine TB. This is nothing but state-sanctioned slaughter of innocent wildlife! Demand action NOWâsign the petition to end this madness:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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End the badger cull and adopt other approaches to bTB control:
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Please sign this important petition
#badgermonday
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Important New Parliamentary Petition
A new parliamentary petition has been launched by Protect the Wild. It states: The Governmentâs TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end oâŠ
https://thebadgercrowd.org/important-new-parliamentary-petition
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Every day, more badgers are needlessly killed. We canât let this cruelty continue. Help us hit 100k signatures to bring this to Parliament. Sign now: đ
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Governmentâs TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull âineffective.â W...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317
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Tom Langton
10 months ago
A new parliamentary petition now calls for an immediate end to the badger cull and the implementation of cattle focused measures to control bTB. đ§Șđ Please sign:
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Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Governmentâs TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull âineffective.â W...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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