5,000 more badgers killed than authorized after cull zones expanded without public consultation

5,000 more badgers killed than authorized after cull zones expanded without public consultation

Conservationists claim that badger cull areas were enlarged secretly and without consultation in England last year, resulting in a spike in mortality. Up to 5,000 additional animals may have been slaughtered, which is the equivalent of adding an entire new cull zone to the cull zone. And now, through Monday, Natural England, the government’s nature […]

Read More

Badger cull will kill 140,000 more animals before scheme is halted, ministers warned

Badger cull will kill 140,000 more animals before scheme is halted, ministers warned

Another 140,000 badgers face being culled before the controversial scheme is halted, campaigners have warned the Government. A three-month public consultation paving the way to end the programme closed this week, with ministers and officials now studying responses. The Badger Trust, which has always opposed the cull, fears tens of thousands more of the creatures […]

Read More