Agri-Business
Defra: Badger TB vaccinations up 24% across England in 2024
In a significant drive to end the UK badger cull, tuberculosis (TB) vaccinations administered to badgers in England increased by...
Badger
Rural Life
Farmer-led TB study shows badger vaccination is ‘achievable’
A farmer-led study based in Cornwall has found that badger vaccination for bovine tuberculosis (TB) is “practically achievable”. The report was...
Environment
Newquay farmer ordered to pay over £340k following waste offences
A Newquay farmer has been ordered to pay £21,500 in conviction costs, a £72,000 confiscation order and around £250,000 in...
N.Ireland
USPCA ‘appalled’ after badger caught in snare in Tyrone
The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has said it is “horrified and appalled” after a...
Rural Life
Farmer finds missing calf…buried in badger burrow
A farmer has made quite an unexpected discovery in a badger burrow on his farm when he discovered one of...
Environment
New badger culling licences announced to combat TB in England
Further measures, including seven new culling licences and tighter cattle controls, have been announced in the England today as part...
