Badgers
News, comment and analysis on badgers and the cull
Badger culls to continue in England despite lack of scientific evidence
Exclusive: Defra issues new cull licences despite government adviser saying there is ‘no justification’
UK government overturns plans to phase out badger cull
‘Sunak now wants all the badgers dead,’ says ecological consultant Tom Langton
Badger culls are not best way to cut bovine TB, report finds
Exclusive: Badger Trust analysis comes 10 years after government started culls in England against scientific advice
Young country diary
Young country diary: The badger sett is back in actionBedfordshire: We’ve been keeping an eye on this hole for a long time but the activity keeps on stopping. I hope this autumn is different
Tory environment select committee chair told to quit over ties to lobby group
Campaigners call for Sir Robert Goodwill to resign as Guardian reveals he is also head of ‘destructive’ rural pressure group that backs trophy hunting
Labour promises to end badger cull in England
Exclusive: Shadow farming minister says party would eradicate bovine TB using a range of other measures
Country diary
Country diary: The badgers dug their own HS2 overnightKirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway: After I exposed fresh earth with some hedgerow ‘laying’, they set to work with a feat of remarkable engineering
Country diary
Country diary: Bathing in the glories of an early morningGarbutt Wood, North Yorkshire: My task is to monitor four of our treasured farmland birds, but I come away with so much more
Wales votes to ban ‘cruel’ animal snares
Critics say traps regularly catch non-target species and animals can suffer for days
Burrowing badgers halt train services in the Netherlands
Dutch authorities trying to tempt out animals, which dig setts under quiet and raised train embankments
Country diary
Country diary 1972: Quiet enough to hear badgers stirring below ground4 November 1972: The real test of a quiet night is when you can hear falling leaves settling on the ground
Gamekeeper jailed after using dogs to fight badgers and foxes
Rhys Davies was sentenced after vets examined terriers kept at his tied cottage on Millden estate in Scotland
Experts call for stop to badger cull as link to bovine TB is contested
Study found nine years of culling has failed to reduce bTB levels in UK cattle herds
Hungry badger may have uncovered Roman coins in Spanish cave
The ‘exceptional find’ was discovered only feet from a badger’s den in the northern region of Asturias
UK as a leader in animal welfare? Well, some animals are more equal than others
Catherine BennettTo protect game birds, the government has decided it’s fine to kill crows and jackdaws
Wimbledon’s expansion will disturb wildlife
Letters: The environmental damage may be irreparable, writes Dr Margaret Coombe, while David Jones suggests the tennis club should move to Hull
Country diary
Country diary 1921: speaking up for the badger4 November 1921: There are laws to protect domestic animals but ‘wild’ mammals may be tortured with impunity
On death row with Geronimo the condemned alpaca, and an army of ‘angels’ at his side
‘It’s torture’: Geronimo owner tells of anxiety over threat to alpaca
Country diary
Country diary: the introspective potter of a badger's night outSandy, Bedfordshire: The defining visual features left by this JCB of an animal are the thick, long claws
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