European badger
Badgers are the UK’s largest land predator and are one of the most well-known British species. They are famed for their black and white stripes and sturdy body, using their strong front paws to…
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Anger at decision to pull funding for badger vaccinations
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust highlights frustration and anger at Defra’s last minute decision to pull funding for badger vaccinations on the Notts/Leics border
Wildlife Trust calls for clarity as badger cull licence application threatens to undermine local badger vaccination scheme
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, which has been delivering a badger vaccination project on the South Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire border since 2015, part funded by the government, has today…
Badger Vaccination programme gets green light to continue
Vital Vale of Belvoir Badger Vaccination programme gets green light to continue – just as government announces expansion of badger cull
Flawed badger cull expands across England
The Wildlife Trusts call on government: invest in medicine not marksmen
Government approves badger culling to 2026 and ignores public consultation
Today the Government announced that it will continue to issue licenses to kill badgers over the next four years. This will put 130,000 animals at risk of being shot.
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust shocked that badger cull could come to Nottinghamshire this autumn
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is horrified at the possibility of the county being included in this year’s badger cull.
Badger, Ratty, Mole and Toad strike out for a wilder future
Stars speak up for wildlife in new film trailer hitting cinemas this weekend
Largest ever cull authorised this autumn – bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust are aghast that more than 70,000 healthy badgers will be shot this autumn in the government’s largest ever seasonal cull.
Wildlife charity highlights shock and disgust at badger cull being extended into Notts ‘by the back door’
A month on from the announcement that parts of Leicestershire were to be included in the cull for the first time, the Trust has been able to confirm that badgers it has vaccinated are highly…
Saddened and disappointed but not defeated as Government issues new licences to cull badgers
The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, after this year's season of badger vaccinations, is saddened as the Government continues to grant badger culling licenses
Government gives badgers a reprieve
The Wildlife Trusts delighted that vaccination gets priority in the fight against bovine tuberculosis