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Bovine tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear!
Cattle tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear - British Wildlife
Bovine tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear In the May 2023 issue of British Wildlife, I described the ‘weakened link’ between badgers and bovine TB (bTB) infection in cattle. Since that…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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badgercrowd.bsky.social
Low Risk Area (LRA) culling must be scrapped for good
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Low Risk Area (LRA) culling must be scrapped for good
A Cumbria badger bloodbath At the Westminster Hall Debate on the 13th October, Angela Eagle the Defra Minister of State confirmed that the badger cull would come to an end in February 2026 in all b…
thebadgercrowd.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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badgercrowd.bsky.social
BTB control contradictions at the APHA

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BTB control contradictions at the APHA
In late November 2025 APHA published online their annual report on bTB for last year: “Bovine tuberculosis in England in 2024 Epidemiological analysis of the 2024 surveillance data and historical t…
thebadgercrowd.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.

18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.

#RaptorResearch

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Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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badgercrowd.bsky.social
Westminster Hall debate on ending Badger Culling, 13 October 2025
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Westminster Hall debate on ending Badger Culling, 13 October 2025
The Westminster Hall debate of the Protect the Wild petition, held on 13th October, was a significant improvement on previous badger cull debates.  The majority of voices spoke earnestly about a wi…
thebadgercrowd.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
'The problem, which the Scottish Govt is willfully ignoring, is that muirburn is responsible for a large number of wildfires'.

Insightful analysis from Nick Kempe on his excellent parkswatchscotland blog.

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‘The problem, which the Scottish Government is willfully ignoring, is that muirburn is responsible for a large number of wildfires’
For those of you following the muirburn licensing fiasco in Scotland, where the Scottish Government has announced its decision to delay the implementation of licences for a second time after aggres…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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protectthewild.bsky.social
Shame on Oxford University for continuing to push the narrative that Badger culling works in tackling bovine TB
October 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Recent headlines state 'Numbers of nesting hen harriers in England have risen slightly in 2025'

Dig deeper and the headline lacks context

"Hen Harrier persecution is still so rampant on many driven grouse moors it’s suppressing the distribution of this species at a national level"

Worth a read 👇
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution is reason why Hen Harriers are still rare in England.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology

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Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running
Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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badgercrowd.bsky.social
2038 Bovine TB targets on the scrap heap, with details of failed policy increasingly exposed

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2038 Bovine TB targets on the scrap heap, with details of failed policy increasingly exposed
Why was the use of Gamma interfreon testing, alongside use of the tuberculin test (SICCT), under-declared in APHA’s central bovine TB control evaluation paper (Birch et al 2024) last year, and also…
thebadgercrowd.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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protectthewild.bsky.social
BIG NEWS! On Monday 13th October our calls for the Badger cull to be ended will be debated in Parliament. This follows Protect the Wild's Govt petition reaching 100,000 signatures.
September 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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bioss.bsky.social
They presented a poster on "Design and Analysis of a Citizen Science Survey of Badger Distribution in Scotland". This important work was done in collaboration with Scottish Badgers. 🦡
September 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
As @greenparty.org.uk has always said, the #BadgerCull is unscientific, unjustified, inhumane and disastrous for the #Biodiversity on these battered islands

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Over 230,000 Badgers Killed for Nothing: DEFRA Review Confirms the Real Cause of TB
The government has just published the new Bovine TB strategy review, led yet again by Professor Charles Godfray.
protectthewild.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
clangton.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Suffolk seedheads: Old man's beard, hops, Agrimony, bird's foot trefoil
#wildflowerhour
#seedheads
September 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
clangton.bsky.social
Field rose, English oak, Blackthorn, Black bryony
#wildflowerhour
#fruits
August 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
UK Government's Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Christine Middlemiss claims: "Strong biosecurity is our best defence".

It isn't. Not releasing 60 million gamebirds is.

#AvianFlu #Ornithology

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Defra announces additional biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst heightened risk of Avian Influenza
Defra has announced increased biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst the heightened risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as ‘Bird Flu’. All of England…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
clangton.bsky.social
Hemp Agrimony for #daisyfamily #wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
clangton.bsky.social
Fleabane in morning light giving off van Gogh vibes
#wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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protectthewild.bsky.social
Labour is shameful. They told us they wanted to end the cull, but now they've changed their mind.

Share if you're furious and want the cull to end immediately!
August 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
clangton.bsky.social
Scrambling Old Man's Beard binding the hedge together
#wildflowerhour
August 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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badgercrowd.bsky.social
The Cornwall badger vaccination project – why the secrecy and confusion?
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The Cornwall badger vaccination project – why the secrecy and confusion?
On 30th July, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Green received a reply to her written Parliamentary Question: “To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the paper by To…
thebadgercrowd.org
August 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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protectthewild.bsky.social
Is Clarkson finally realising?! The Badger cull MUST END!
August 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
This is astonishing.

Although actually, it isn't if your values are focused on having the 'right' to shoot gamebirds in the face for a bit of fun rather than protect wild birds of high conservation value from a devastating disease. #BirdFlu #Ornithology

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Four more bird flu outbreaks confirmed, including on a Pheasant shoot – yet selfish BASC starts another legal challenge against Govt restrictions on gamebird releases
Four more outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, also known colloquially as Bird Flu) have been confirmed across the UK in recent days, including on a pheasant shoot in Exmoor Nation…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
July 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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iand777.bsky.social
Four more bird flu outbreaks confirmed, including on a Pheasant shoot - yet selfish BASC starts another legal challenge against Govt restrictions on gamebird releases raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/31/f...
Four more bird flu outbreaks confirmed, including on a Pheasant shoot – yet selfish BASC starts another legal challenge against Govt restrictions on gamebird releases
Four more outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, also known colloquially as Bird Flu) have been confirmed across the UK in recent days, including on a pheasant shoot in Exmoor Nation…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Hmm. I wonder for how long this decision has been 'under consideration' by NatureScot. It's been suggested to me it's been over a year...

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

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General Licence restriction ‘under consideration’ in relation to shooting & killing of Golden Eagle ‘Merrick’ in south Scotland
I’m sure many of you remember the young, satellite-tagged Golden Eagle called ‘Merrick’. She was part of the South Scotland Golden Eagle Project, a lottery-funded conservation ini…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM