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Extreme heat leads to call for an immediate stop to the badger cull
Badger Trust calls for a halt to any planned badger cull operations on animal welfare grounds due to the current high temperatures.
PBA30 CAMPAIGN
Protection of Badgers Act 30 Years: tougher sentencing to protect badgers
This new campaign calls on the Government to bring sentencing under the PBA up-to-date.
EDUCATION HUB
Watch the Secret Life of Badgers video and find free badger educational resources here
Educate the next generation of badger protectors
STOP BADGER CRIME
Our hard-hitting short film, ‘Stopping Badger Crime’, aims to raise public awareness of crimes against badgers and encourage reporting
WARNING: contains distressing content
Watch The Secret Life of Badgers
A collaboration between Badger Trust and Binfield Badger Group with teacher notes and KS1 and KS2 pupil worksheets
Helping to educate the next generation of badger protectors
Our educational film is a great place for your cubs to start learning about badgers.
Packed with real-life footage of badgers and clear, bright infographics, this 12-minute film is narrated by zoologist and wildlife presenter Billy Heaney.
It's mainly suitable for primary school-aged cubs, but you've told us it's a great watch for anyone who wants to learn more about these secretive native animals!
Visit the Education hub for more FREE educational resources and fun activities for KS1, KS2 and KS3 learners.
The Big Badger Debate
Who is manipulating the bTB data?
Badger Trust hosted The Big Badger Debate webinar on 13 April 2022 with Tom Langton and Dr Mark Jones – two of the authors of a new scientific paper. Also attending was zoonotic expert Professor Dr Paul Torgerson, who wrote a scientific commentary on the paper.
The paper, published in the Veterinary Record, has rigorously analysed government bTB surveillance data and concludes that culling badgers has had no effect on reducing bovine TB in cattle. Instead, incidences of bTB reduction were due to cattle measures implemented either before the cull ever began, or during the cull period.
Defra says the new study's conclusion is based on a 'manipulation' of data and doesn't reflect the reality of the situation.
We do not agree.
The Big Badger Debate
Who is right, and what does the new study mean for the future of the cull and bTB management?
The badger cull is far from over
The scale of the badger cull is immense and it's far from over in England:
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Intensive culling scheduled till 2025
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140,000 MORE badgers estimated to be killed
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Failure to focus on cattle: over 94% of bTB infections are cow-to-cow
You can discover more
Read the facts about the badger cull, explore solutions to the problem of bovine TB, learn what we're doing and find out how YOU can take action to #CanTheCull
Brock Shop
Whether you buy a gift for yourself or your loved ones, you can shop with us knowing that 100% of the profit from every purchase helps us protect badgers for generations to come. All the products in our shop are designed in the UK by local artists and artisans so – like us – you’re supporting British talent as well as one of the UK's most recognised and popular native mammals.
Support badgers, local artisans and get some great badger themed items today.