It's high time for an independent Wildlife Protection Agency, argues Dominic Dyer. The botched badger cull shows we can no longer trust DEFRA, Natural England or the JNCC to carry out their duty to protect our wildlife.
… If the Government and the National Farmers Union (NFU) believed they could get away with … press ahead working with the National Farmers Union to expand the culling programme in the …
A growing number of farmers are now questioning the nature of the cull and its effectiveness. And some are blaming poor biosecurity and intensive farming for the spread of TB in the UK cattle herd. Andrew Wasley and Sarah Stirk report
… Coalition Government, the National Farmers Union (NFU) and other countryside groups – … don't think the cull is 'a big issue'. The union cites a recent YouGov survey which … but the u-turn has been opposed by farming unions who say the long term effectiveness of …
Wildlife groups are celebrating following the announcement that the Gloucestershire badger cull is being abandoned early, after it failed to meet any of its targets.
… said: "We agreed with the National Farmers Union that because of the decreasing number of …
In the first of a three part analysis of the ongoing UK badger cull Lesley Docksey examines current and historical data and concludes that the government are simply ignoring the science of epidemiology..........
… With many farmers and the National Farmers Union clamouring for action, Defra announced …
England's 2013 badger culls collapsed in chaos - a severe blow to Owen Paterson and his Department, Defra. Now Lesley Docksey lifts the lid on the disgraceful fiasco to expose Paterson's fantasy world of 'science' ...
… anecdotal hearsay from the National Farmers Union, which represents only 18% of farmers, …