Badger Trust and Wild Justice issue joint statement on DEFRA’s ‘future badger control policy’ consultation
- Badger Trust Staff Team
- Mar 26, 2024
- 1 min read
Solicitors instructed to send an urgent request due to insufficient information in the consultation materials published.
Badger Trust and Wild Justice jointly instructed Leigh Day solicitors to send an urgent request to DEFRA on 22 March 2024 on their recently published consultation to evolve badger control policy and introduce additional cattle measures.
We feel that, at the present time, there is insufficient information in the consultation materials published about what is proposed and the basis on which it has been brought forward.
Due to the very short consultation process, we have asked DEFRA to respond by 28 March 2024 with this missing information, to allow sufficient time for consultees to respond to any additional information.
We have also drawn attention to the fact that the Northern Ireland Executive consultation on bTB measures was recently found unlawful for a number of omissions.
We are awaiting the response from DEFRA before deciding on further action.
Our supporters are angry at this further planned assault on a much-loved native species.
