Badger culling in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
Badger culling in the United Kingdom is permitted under licence, within a set area and timescale, as a way to reduce badger numbers in the hope of controlling the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). [1]
Government to end badger cull with new TB eradication strategy
2024年8月30日 · Work on a comprehensive new TB eradication strategy has been launched today (30 August) to end the badger cull and drive down Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) rates to save cattle and farmers’...
Has a decade of badger culling worked? - BBC News
2023年7月4日 · It is 10 years since the start of the badger cull which aimed to help control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle. The cull began in Gloucestershire in 2013 and spread to...
Badger culling to end in England within five years - BBC News
2024年8月30日 · Badger culling will end in England within five years as part of a shift in the fight against bovine tuberculosis, the government said on Friday. As part of the new TB eradication strategy,...
Has a decade of badger culling worked? - BBC
2023年7月4日 · It is 10 years since the start of the badger cull which aimed to help control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle. The cull began in Gloucestershire in 2013 and spread to...
Badger cull facts
Badgers are being culled to the brink of extinction in vast areas of England. The government’s stated aim is to remove between 70% and 90% of badgers in each cull area and across most of the southwest of the UK. In 'low-risk areas', there is no upper limit:
Q&A: The badger cull - BBC News
2013年8月27日 · The randomised badger culling trial in England found that killing badgers disrupted their social groups, with surviving animals moving out to establish new groups, taking TB with them.