Badger vaccination update
Lucy updates on the progress and importance of BBOWT's badger vaccination programme, vaccinating them against Bovine TB
Search
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Search
Badger vaccination project
Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust, along with other Wildlife Trusts, has demonstrated that vaccinating badgers is a viable alternative to culling in the battle against bovine TB
European badger
Badgers are the UK’s largest land predator and are one of the most well-known British species. They are famed for their black and white stripes and sturdy body, using their strong front paws to…
Write to your MP - Badger Cull
Licensed badger culling is permitted in the UK, including Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, resulting in the death of thousands of healthy badgers. Will you write to your MP and ask them to insist that this decision is reversed?
Why the badger cull is not supported by science
Steve Backshall, BBOWT President, speaks out against the badger cull in Oxfordshire
BBOWT 'heartbroken' by badger cull extension
Badger culling is to be extended in seven new areas of England this year, including Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
Badger cub ensnared in plastic dies
A badger cub on a BBOWT reserve that spent much of its life entangled in plastic waste is believed to have died.
Extending the badger cull will waste taxpayers' money
The Government’s proposed extension of the badger cull to Oxfordshire and Berkshire could result in thousands of healthy badgers being killed, put more cattle at risk of contracting bovine TB by…
Government U-turn on promises to end badger culling
Largest ever cull authorised this autumn, bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population.
Badgers and bovine TB
Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust strongly opposes the badger culls. Find out more about the issues surrounding badgers and bovine TB
Trust urges Government not to cull badgers it has already vaccinated
BBOWT is urging the Government to speed up its promised transition from badger culling to vaccination, and not slaughter animals that the Trust has already vaccinated.
'Obscene' badger culling licensed in Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Government quietly announces 69 new cull areas over weekend.