Tom Langton
@tomlangton.bsky.social
Conservation ecologist, Europe & North America. Vertebrates, herpetofauna, epidemiology, habitat management & restoration, legals.
"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;
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Follow-up to the recent Bovine TB strategy review update by the Godfray panel, new preprint;
figshare.com/articles/dat...
September 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Reposted by Tom Langton
Badger Crowd looks at 'Chapter 6. The disease in wildlife' in Godfray's recent review of bovine TB science
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Godfray ‘science’ report simply adds to the bovine TB chaos
Panel Chair: Professor Sir Charles Godfray The long-awaited ‘Godfray’ report, a review of scientific evidence since 2018 concerning bovine TB in cattle, was published on 4th September. …
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September 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Badger Crowd looks at 'Chapter 6. The disease in wildlife' in Godfray's recent review of bovine TB science
thebadgercrowd.org/godfray-scie...
thebadgercrowd.org/godfray-scie...
GCN juv, fresh out of the pond, climbs grass to sniff the air.
September 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
GCN juv, fresh out of the pond, climbs grass to sniff the air.
First from this yr or smallest from last?
August 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
First from this yr or smallest from last?
Purple Emp on the reserve???
August 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Purple Emp on the reserve???
Sizewell C displaced adders will move away for 1 km or more and be crushed on road and in building work or just get lost in unsuitable habitat - where are the wildlife barriers to prevent this?
August 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sizewell C displaced adders will move away for 1 km or more and be crushed on road and in building work or just get lost in unsuitable habitat - where are the wildlife barriers to prevent this?
June 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
June 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Do like it when the daphnia get serious.
May 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Do like it when the daphnia get serious.
Reposted by Tom Langton
An animal caught in a snare can suffer for hours — terrified, bleeding, dying slowly.
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
May 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
An animal caught in a snare can suffer for hours — terrified, bleeding, dying slowly.
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
Reposted by Tom Langton
Ecologist Tom Langton has joined forces with Protect the Wild to expose the truth behind the government's failing badger cull—revealing why science, not slaughter, should guide disease control.
Read the full article 👇
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Read the full article 👇
protectthewild.substack.com/p/is-the-bad...
Is the Badger Cull Working? Ask AI!
Or preferably listen to Tom Langton, someone who knows what they're talking about.
protectthewild.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Ecologist Tom Langton has joined forces with Protect the Wild to expose the truth behind the government's failing badger cull—revealing why science, not slaughter, should guide disease control.
Read the full article 👇
protectthewild.substack.com/p/is-the-bad...
Read the full article 👇
protectthewild.substack.com/p/is-the-bad...
And someone had a little grebe...
May 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
And someone had a little grebe...
Sudden death of three wild rabbits overnight - under investigation.
May 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sudden death of three wild rabbits overnight - under investigation.
Good lot of common toad tadpoles at Captains Wood, Suffolk on Sunday.
April 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Good lot of common toad tadpoles at Captains Wood, Suffolk on Sunday.
Slow-worm and ants at the top of the compost bin again...
April 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Slow-worm and ants at the top of the compost bin again...
Frog and toad spawn hatching well in extended sunny period. But drought conditions forming, a worry for the summer.
April 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Frog and toad spawn hatching well in extended sunny period. But drought conditions forming, a worry for the summer.
Afternoon encounter with a large grass snake.
April 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Afternoon encounter with a large grass snake.
Reposted by Tom Langton
Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull “review”
YouTube video by Protect the Wild
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April 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Worms out tonight. Newt feeding time.
March 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Worms out tonight. Newt feeding time.
Reposted by Tom Langton
Reposted by Tom Langton
URGENT Total badger cull and TB testing failure in the Low Risk Area of England - LRA heading out of control due to predictable APHA failures. Zeichner myst act immediately.
thebadgercrowd.org/blog
thebadgercrowd.org/blog
The Badger Crowd - standing up for badgers
Reporting on badger cull science & legal challenges
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March 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
URGENT Total badger cull and TB testing failure in the Low Risk Area of England - LRA heading out of control due to predictable APHA failures. Zeichner myst act immediately.
thebadgercrowd.org/blog
thebadgercrowd.org/blog
Reposted by Tom Langton
'Science & Politics' by Ian Boyd 🌍🧪
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‘Science and Politics’ by Ian Boyd
Hiding in plain sight with the Oxford brigade Prof. Sir Ian Boyd has a book out: ‘Science and Politics’ (politybooks.com, around £20). In it, he devotes several pages to describing the events that …
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February 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
'Science & Politics' by Ian Boyd 🌍🧪
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