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A voice for badgers and rational bovine TB control across Europe
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"The Randomised Badger Culling Trial (1998-2005); proactive badger culling analyses were not weak, but invalid."
Follow-up to the recent Bovine TB strategy review update by the Godfray panel, new preprint;
figshare.com/articles/dat...
Follow-up to the recent Bovine TB strategy review update by the Godfray panel, new preprint;
figshare.com/articles/dat...
September 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"The Randomised Badger Culling Trial (1998-2005); proactive badger culling analyses were not weak, but invalid."
Follow-up to the recent Bovine TB strategy review update by the Godfray panel, new preprint;
figshare.com/articles/dat...
Follow-up to the recent Bovine TB strategy review update by the Godfray panel, new preprint;
figshare.com/articles/dat...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials – against advice of own science chief
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials against advice of own science chief
Exclusive: Supplementary culls set to begin in nine areas from Sunday and 10 areas from September
www.independent.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials – against advice of own science chief
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Euro_badger posts (2016-2025) from Twitter/X are being transferred over to Bluesky by @blueark.app. They do lose their original date stamp, but if you click on them, each post has an 'archive stamp' with the date of the original post.
February 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Euro_badger posts (2016-2025) from Twitter/X are being transferred over to Bluesky by @blueark.app. They do lose their original date stamp, but if you click on them, each post has an 'archive stamp' with the date of the original post.
In 3 years time you will re-discover that the DPP is unreliable, there is not enough clarity due to uncontrlled variables, and you need another £10 Mn and 5 years more to have another go.......
February 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In 3 years time you will re-discover that the DPP is unreliable, there is not enough clarity due to uncontrlled variables, and you need another £10 Mn and 5 years more to have another go.......
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Earlier today outside Downing Street. Betty Badger braved the cold to stand up for Badgers. Hero!
Sign the govt petition to end the Badger cull today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Sign the govt petition to end the Badger cull today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Earlier today outside Downing Street. Betty Badger braved the cold to stand up for Badgers. Hero!
Sign the govt petition to end the Badger cull today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Sign the govt petition to end the Badger cull today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Bovine TB end of year roundup. https://thebadgercrowd.org/blog
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February 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bovine TB end of year roundup. https://thebadgercrowd.org/blog
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Bovine TB roundup 2024
Everything changes but stays the same?
New blog: thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-ro...
Everything changes but stays the same?
New blog: thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-ro...
Bovine TB roundup 2024
Everything changes but stays the same? 2024 has been a remarkable year, where it seems that better awareness of the bovine TB scandal is emerging. Yet institutional forces struggle to grapple with …
thebadgercrowd.org
December 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Bovine TB roundup 2024
Everything changes but stays the same?
New blog: thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-ro...
Everything changes but stays the same?
New blog: thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-ro...
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According to the Express, magpies are "hooligans" & "instinctive killers" best controlled by using pesticides to kill their insect prey. Against stiff competition, possibly the worst piece of journalism I've seen. www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1984...
Warning issued to anyone with magpies in their garden
Magpies can cause damage to gardens, particularly in the breeding season.
www.express.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 12:16 PM
According to the Express, magpies are "hooligans" & "instinctive killers" best controlled by using pesticides to kill their insect prey. Against stiff competition, possibly the worst piece of journalism I've seen. www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1984...
NI cattle TB is driven by larger herds and dairy intensification.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/chief-vets-report-links-herd-size-and-intensification-to-bovine-tb-increase-UNGHDDQYQZH6HP2LUVV4CSFS5E/
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/chief-vets-report-links-herd-size-and-intensification-to-bovine-tb-increase-UNGHDDQYQZH6HP2LUVV4CSFS5E/
Chief vet’s report links herd size and intensification to...
Last year more than 20,000 cattle were culled and more £3...
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February 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NI cattle TB is driven by larger herds and dairy intensification.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/chief-vets-report-links-herd-size-and-intensification-to-bovine-tb-increase-UNGHDDQYQZH6HP2LUVV4CSFS5E/
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/chief-vets-report-links-herd-size-and-intensification-to-bovine-tb-increase-UNGHDDQYQZH6HP2LUVV4CSFS5E/
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A new parliamentary petition now calls for an immediate end to the badger cull and the implementation of cattle focused measures to control bTB. 🧪🌍
Please sign:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Please sign:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.”
W...
petition.parliament.uk
December 3, 2024 at 10:13 AM
A new parliamentary petition now calls for an immediate end to the badger cull and the implementation of cattle focused measures to control bTB. 🧪🌍
Please sign:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Please sign:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
3/3
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A rebuttal by Mills et al: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
has itself been rebutted in this pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪🌍
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has itself been rebutted in this pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪🌍
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December 3, 2024 at 10:13 AM
A rebuttal by Mills et al: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
has itself been rebutted in this pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪🌍
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has itself been rebutted in this pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪🌍
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Recently published re-analysis of the Randomised Badger Culling Trials show that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that badger culling affected bTB breakdown incidence:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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December 3, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Recently published re-analysis of the Randomised Badger Culling Trials show that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that badger culling affected bTB breakdown incidence:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Important new parliamentary petition to end the badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control;
Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Blog here: thebadgercrowd.org/important-ne...
Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Blog here: thebadgercrowd.org/important-ne...
Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.”
W...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Important new parliamentary petition to end the badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control;
Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Blog here: thebadgercrowd.org/important-ne...
Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Blog here: thebadgercrowd.org/important-ne...
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Trail hunting is a sham.
It’s time for a ban on trail hunting and to end this nonsense for good.
REPOST if you agree!
It’s time for a ban on trail hunting and to end this nonsense for good.
REPOST if you agree!
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Trail hunting is a sham.
It’s time for a ban on trail hunting and to end this nonsense for good.
REPOST if you agree!
It’s time for a ban on trail hunting and to end this nonsense for good.
REPOST if you agree!
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Catch up with news about the ineffective badger culls at: thebadgercrowd.org
The Badger Crowd - standing up for badgers
Reporting on badger cull science & legal challenges
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November 14, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Catch up with news about the ineffective badger culls at: thebadgercrowd.org
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There should be a permanent hunting ban on MOD land. Follow us if you agree!
November 14, 2024 at 11:17 AM
There should be a permanent hunting ban on MOD land. Follow us if you agree!
Remember, never ever ever quote the 94% lie. It is bigger than the 56% lie...
https://thebadgercrowd.org/more-or-less-truth-life-and-56
https://thebadgercrowd.org/more-or-less-truth-life-and-56
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February 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Remember, never ever ever quote the 94% lie. It is bigger than the 56% lie...
https://thebadgercrowd.org/more-or-less-truth-life-and-56
https://thebadgercrowd.org/more-or-less-truth-life-and-56
APHA’s ‘Edge of Disaster’ Area
Bovine TB failings in Oxfordshire and beyond in 2023
Blog: thebadgercrowd.org/aphas-edge-o...
Bovine TB failings in Oxfordshire and beyond in 2023
Blog: thebadgercrowd.org/aphas-edge-o...
APHA’s ‘Edge of Disaster’ Area
Bovine TB failings in Oxfordshire and beyond in 2023 The “Year End Descriptive Epidemiology Reports” for Bovine TB control were published by APHA online on 24th October for the Edge Area coun…
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November 6, 2024 at 11:29 AM
APHA’s ‘Edge of Disaster’ Area
Bovine TB failings in Oxfordshire and beyond in 2023
Blog: thebadgercrowd.org/aphas-edge-o...
Bovine TB failings in Oxfordshire and beyond in 2023
Blog: thebadgercrowd.org/aphas-edge-o...
APHA’s Edge Area Bovine TB Epidemiology Reports for 2023: How is it going?
Blog: thebadgercrowd.org/aphas-epidem...
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APHA’s Edge Area Bovine TB Epidemiology Reports for 2023
How’s it going? The quotes in the table below are taken from the APHA county epidemiology reports recently released. Progress is clearly not on target. As seen in Oxfordshire (see here), bTB …
thebadgercrowd.org
November 6, 2024 at 11:25 AM
APHA’s Edge Area Bovine TB Epidemiology Reports for 2023: How is it going?
Blog: thebadgercrowd.org/aphas-epidem...
Blog: thebadgercrowd.org/aphas-epidem...
BTB in Gloucs, responding to annual testing in 2010. Levels off in 2020 as 3rd year of badger culling comes into force = no influence whatsoever. It's a fail and suggests herd reservoir maintains the epidemic.
February 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
BTB in Gloucs, responding to annual testing in 2010. Levels off in 2020 as 3rd year of badger culling comes into force = no influence whatsoever. It's a fail and suggests herd reservoir maintains the epidemic.
Defra cheating fraudsters, to cover up huge failure? Surely not @DanielZeichner @SteveReedMP https://www.badgertrust.org.uk/post/defra-purposely-misleads-the-public-in-the-new-quarterly-tb-in-cattle-report
DEFRA purposely misleads the public in the new Quarterly ...
Last week DEFRA released their Quarterly TB in Cattle in ...
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February 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Defra cheating fraudsters, to cover up huge failure? Surely not @DanielZeichner @SteveReedMP https://www.badgertrust.org.uk/post/defra-purposely-misleads-the-public-in-the-new-quarterly-tb-in-cattle-report
So now Labour will carry out a huge (350 sq km) intensive (LRA) badger cull in Cumbria because someone in the old gvt. planned it. Because it is ineffective as shown by previous Cumbria cull? Warped. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2024-09-04.4281.h&s=badger+cull#g4281.q0
Hmm… that’s not working right now
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February 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So now Labour will carry out a huge (350 sq km) intensive (LRA) badger cull in Cumbria because someone in the old gvt. planned it. Because it is ineffective as shown by previous Cumbria cull? Warped. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2024-09-04.4281.h&s=badger+cull#g4281.q0