Badger culling is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of helping control cattle TB in Britain, according to research published today in PLoS ONE. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London ...

A new study has found that culling drives badgers to roam 61% further afield -- helping to explain why the practice, intended to reduce bovine TB transmission, can sometimes exacerbate the problem ...

The study indicates the practice drives the surviving creatures to cover 61% more land each month than before the cull began. Researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Imperial ...

A council has reaffirmed its opposition to badger culling as a means of eradicating bovine tuberculosis (TB). Oxfordshire County Council last year voted to end badger culling on council-owned land.

PRINCESS Anne has said that gassing badgers is the most humane way to control their numbers and prevent the spread of tuberculosis in cattle. In a "frank and forthright" interview with BBC's ...

Up to 50,000 badgers could be slaughtered this year if a planned expansion of the national culling scheme goes ahead, opponents of the policy claim. The increase will be caused by a “predicted ...

A decade-long policy of badger culling to tackle bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England will come to a close, the government has confirmed, as pressure mounts from campaigners and cross-party MPs to ...

Culling wildlife is one way to curb the spread of disease among domestic animals. A new study shows why its effects are often limited. By JoAnna Klein The badger is chubby but strong, with short legs, ...

The controversial culling of thousands of badgers to prevent them spreading disease to cattle risks backfiring. It turns out the animals travel much further around the countryside when culling begins, ...

A high court judge has quashed a decision by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) for a badger cull. A judicial review was brought by the NI Badger Group and Wild ...