The Badger Crowd
Standing up for badgers
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- Reposted by The Badger CrowdCubs play 1: a very early emergence at #clownclan @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgercrowd.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #wildlife #ukwildlife #badger #badgers youtu.be/w4-x3horQ_Y
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdWe will never stop fighting for this iconic British species
- Bovine TB and Badgers.... A 2025 news round-up thebadgercrowd.org/2025-news-ro...
- ‘Perturbation Effect Hypothesis’ for badgers and Bovine TB is now unevidenced thebadgercrowd.org/bovine-tb-ba...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdBovine tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear!
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- Reposted by The Badger CrowdAnd following Rosie Wood of @badgertrust.bsky.social ’s recent column on the ongoing legal battle surrounding badger culling in the UK, @tomlangton.bsky.social summarises findings from recent research on bovine tuberculosis and badgers. Read the feature here: www.britishwildlife.com/cattle-tuber...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdThe latest British Wildlife newsletter is now available, our monthly round-up from the magazines featuring exclusive book reviews, highlights from the back catalogue, and conversations with our authors. You can read the November newsletter here: us6.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema...
- BTB control contradictions at the APHA thebadgercrowd.org/contradictio...
- Low Risk Area (LRA) culling must be scrapped for good thebadgercrowd.org/low-risk-are...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdNatural England tried to price us out of taking legal action against Badger culling but it backfired when the High Court threw out NE's claim ⚖️ We continue. Substantive legal challenge against NE Badger cull licences takes place in December 🦡 Press release 🔽 wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...
- Westminster Hall debate on ending Badger Culling, 13 October 2025 thebadgercrowd.org/westminster-...
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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...
- 2038 Bovine TB targets on the scrap heap, with details of failed policy increasingly exposed thebadgercrowd.org/2038-bovine-...
- Badger Crowd looks at 'Chapter 6. The disease in wildlife' in Godfray's recent review of bovine TB science thebadgercrowd.org/godfray-scie...
- Cattle testing with Gamma interferon thebadgercrowd.org/enhanced-cat...
- Is Diddly Squat Farm seeing the light on bovine TB testing and spread? thebadgercrowd.org/jeremy-clark...
- The Cornwall badger vaccination project – why the secrecy and confusion? thebadgercrowd.org/the-new-badg...
- The push for badger vaccination...what's behind it? thebadgercrowd.org/vacuous-vacc...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdThe 2025 ‘Torgerson’ scientific paper thebadgercrowd.org/the-new-torg...
- Government say they will look at newly published evidence on statistical flaws in Randomised Badger Culling Trial in their review of bTB science www.vettimes.com/news/vet-nur...
- Well deserved award for Herts Badger group member Mary Barton. www.whtimes.co.uk/news/2528155...
- Important review of new RBCT analysis: publons.com/wos-op/revie...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdYet more scientific evidence emerges that discredits the government's scandalous badger killing policy protectthewild.substack.com/p/a-timely-n...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdThis is huge. Please share widely. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- RBCT: new appraisal...... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- Find out more about the new scientific paper published today on analysis and results of the Randomised Badger Culling Trials: thebadgercrowd.org/badger-cull-...
- Green Party continues to call for end to badger culling thebadgercrowd.org/green-party-...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdRandomised Badger Culling Trials: new evaluation royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🧪🌍
- RBCT: New evaluation. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
- Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials – against advice of own science chief www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdListen back to the brief debate this week between myself and the IFA on the failure of the livestock industry to get a grip on ballooning levels of TB www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
- Breakdowns return after six years. Normal for the failed testing regime being used. These farmers should be told the truth. www.thejournal.ie/ireland-bovi...
- Dopey DAFM snaring and shooting healthy and vaccinated badgers. No wonder the EU are after them. www.thejournal.ie/badger-culli...
- Activism and the Scientist: it is surely sensible that “scientists have the right and responsibility to engage in activism” because “their expertise and ethical responsibility position them well to change policy” thebadgercrowd.org/activism-and...
- Is Test Vaccinate Remove (TVR) the new corrupted thinking? New blog: thebadgercrowd.org/are-we-headi...
- Reposted by The Badger CrowdGovt continues to defend sham Badger cull “review” youtu.be/Uxku49USFfc
- How on earth did badgers ger the bovine TB blame? thebadgercrowd.org/how-did-badg...
- 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
- Badger cull review details announced: Government to review the last six years of bTB science for its ‘refreshed’ bovine TB strategy thebadgercrowd.org/how-serious-... #badgermonday
- High Court Judicial Review challenges start 3 weeks today. Follow us on @BadgerCrowd for news & updates. Still fundraising to cover costs of this challenge & any follow up: justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b… Please RT.
- Govt has relaxed Badger Cull rules across East of England. Small groups of farms now allowed to ‘reactive’ cull. Designed to fail? Legal challenge building. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- BTB policy revised May 2018 has dropped need for ‘intensive culling’ and looks like time restrictions will be June-November inclusive. ‘They just want to kill badgers.’ justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- Badger Crowd preparing new legal challenge to Defra over recent policy guidance amendments. Please join in to support these actions. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- The revised (May 2018) BTB policy has dropped the need for ‘intensive culling’ and looks like time restrictions will be June-November inclusive. ‘They just want to kill badgers.’ This must be...
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- Find out more about the legal challenges with our FAQ's. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- High Court Judicial Review challenges start in 21 days, 9-12 July. Follow us on @BadgerCrowd for news & updates. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b… … Please RT.
- Did you know that Govt has relaxed Badger Cull rules? Small groups of farms now allowed to ‘reactive’ cull. New legal challenge being prepared....... justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- High Court Judicial Review challenges start 3 weeks today. Follow us on @BadgerCrowd for news & updates. Still fundraising to cover costs of this challenge & any follow up: justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b… Please RT.
- Govt has relaxed Badger Cull rules across East of England. Small groups of farms now allowed to ‘reactive’ cull. Designed to fail? Legal challenge building. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- BTB policy revised May 2018 has dropped need for ‘intensive culling’ and looks like time restrictions will be June-November inclusive. ‘They just want to kill badgers.’ justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- Did you know that the supposed benefit of culling badgers is based on modelled & adjusted field trial data in an accelerating epidemic? No UK badger culling has ever shown reliable or visible reduction in herd BTB breakdown....
- Twenty days to go until the @BadgerCrowd High Court Judicial Review challenges. Follow us on Twitter for news & updates. Still fundraising to cover costs of this challenge & any follow up: justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…...
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- Badger Crowd preparing new legal challenge to Defra over recent policy guidance amendments. Please join in to support these actions. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- Find out more about the legal challenges with our FAQ's. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- Government’s latest "last ditch" policy revision has ‘bonfired’ core policy science, to enable a "cheap n’ easy" badger extermination free-for-all. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…
- Heard the one about wildlife culling being essential to rid cattle of BTB? Rather; no country in the world has misrepresented disease epidemiology so often, so badly and for so long. justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/b…