The ongoing badger culls make this positive approach less likely to occur. DWT is firmly opposed to any action taken by members of the public which has the effect of intimidating farmers, landowners and their families. DWT is acutely aware of the serious impact bTB has on farming and rural communities, but our concern is that culling will only make matters worse. Below are some selected independent research papers and reports relating to badgers and bovine TB.
This is not a comprehensive list. Become a member. You are here: Home We oppose the badger cull. We oppose the badger cull. Share facebook twitter email whatsapp. Photo, Darin Smith. Instead of badger culling, we want the Government to: Develop and deliver a badger vaccination strategy Roll out a cattle vaccine Improve testing of cattle for bTB and limit the movement of cattle across the country Ensure higher standards of biosecurity on farms to prevent the spread of Btb Ask the Government to develop and deliver a cattle and badger vaccination strategy.
Write to your MP now Devon Wildlife Trust is very conscious of the hardship that bovine TB bTB causes in the farming community and the need to find the right mechanisms to control the disease. WildNet - Andrew Mason. We support all scientifically valid measures for tackling bovine TB in cattle and wildlife.
We oppose the cull Devon Wildlife Trust opposes the cull because we believe that there are more humane, more cost effective, and more sustainable ways of tackling this disease effectively and for the long term. What action does DWT take when cull licences are issued in Devon? Devon Wildlife Trust does not permit culling on any of our nature reserves.
How can better solutions be found to the problem of bovine TB? However, we believe that a badger cull is not the answer. The scientific evidence demonstrates that culling is likely to be ineffective in fighting the disease and, worse still, risks making the problem even worse. We believe the emphasis of all our efforts should be to find a long-term solution and we are calling for the Government to end its policy of culling badgers.
The evidence shows that badgers are not the primary cause of the spread of TB in cattle: the primary route of infection is via cow-to-cow contact. Robust evidence is still lacking to demonstrate that badger culling is worth the loss of thousands of badgers and millions of pounds of public spending.
We need the UK Government to speed up its promised transition from badger culling to vaccination in England. The Wildlife Trusts have been working on the issue of bTB and its links to badgers for several years. During this time our activities have included:. You are here: Home Saving species Badgers. Share facebook twitter email whatsapp. The total has dismayed animal rights campaigners, who claim that for the first time since the cull was introduced in , more badgers were shot last year than cattle were slaughtered because they have bovine-TB.
Only 0. The total number of badgers killed since the cull policy started now stands at , In response to an independent review into its TB policy, the government recently acknowledged that the mass slaughter of badgers was not a long-term solution to reducing bovine-TB.
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