The Government must release key documents about its secret development of England's badger cull with the National Farmers Union. The Upper Tribunal ruled that the public interest would be served by a full disclosure.
… badger cull with the National Farmers Union. The Upper Tribunal ruled that the … to the involvement of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) on a secret project board set up …
Owen Paterson's departure from Government could see the end of the hated badger culls and a wider return to environmental sanity, writes Lesley Docksey. Given his disbelief in climate change and his arrogant disregard of science, it's not a moment too soon!
… ever" . Despite the National Farmers Union, the Countryside Alliance and other … badger cull news, quoted National Farmers' Union president Meurig Raymond: "He …
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 …
Defra’s decision to interfere with badger cull licensing could be unlawful, new research suggests.
… failed to respond, and the National Farmers Union missed the deadline by two weeks. Of the … that Natural England, the National Farmers Union, and some farmers had been tipped the …
Al available science indicates that badgers have little if anything to do with bovine TB in cattle, writes Lesley Docksey. This is reflected in Wales's consultation on its 'refreshed TB Eradication Programme'. We must hope that Northern Ireland's bTB Eradication Strategy will be equally science based - and ready to campaign hard if it relies on cruel, ineffective and expensive badger culls.
… reservoir' so freely talked about by farmers' unions and politicians. Many other animals, … 'strain typing' research The Ulster Farmers Union welcomed the research done on … 'wildlife reservoir' talked about by farmers' unions and politicians. Many other animals, …
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 …
Avon & Somerset police say that National Farmers Union and cull company representatives will be excluded from the control room in the 2014 cull. Their presence in control rooms in the 2013 cull caused a major loss of public confidence in the policing operation.
… & Somerset police say that National Farmers Union and cull company representatives will be …
England's 2015 trial badger cull will be moved to summer, writes Damian Carrington - when cubs are numerous and easy to shoot. The surprise move follows 2014's failed autumn culls, which missed their minimum kill targets.
… crude and desperate" . The National Farmers Union (NFU), which speaks for the culling …
Days after our exposé of a policing disaster at England's 2013 badger culls, the Police Commissioner for Gloucestershire is to question the county's most senior police officers. The event will be video-streamed online.
… alleged that officers of the National Farmers Union were in effective charge of the …
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 …
Speaking in Stroud this week, Huw Irrancas-Davies MP delivered a withering attack on the Government's badger cull policy - and firmly committed a future Labour government to ending the badger cull, using measures to control bovine TB that are safe, effective, and humane.
… way, but we need farmers and their unions and associations to engage fully and …
England is about to extend its badger cull policy to five new areas of the country, proving that only that science is a dead letter to May's conservative government as it was to Cameron's. While bovine TB infections in cattle rise in the existing cull areas, Wales has just achieved a cull-free 14% reduction.
… in England is led by the National Farmers Union (NFU), but largely funded by taxpayers. …
With the 6th International Conference on Bovine TB under way today in Cardiff, Lesley Docksey reports on Defra's latest statistics. BTB in England is falling - and it's falling fastest where the strongest biosecurity measures are in place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland.
… Eustice, Defra and the National Farmers' Union have done in response is to parrot the …
Wales has achieved enviable success in reducing bovine TB in its cattle herds without killing badgers, writes Lesley Docksey. The farming lobby is still demanding an England-style cull, but the Welsh government's 'refreshed' policy on bTB remains firmly science-based and no badgers will be killed without 'objective evidence' of infection.
… had again risen, giving farmers and their unions the opportunity to talk about the …
The Badger Trust has been granted leave for a Judicial Review of Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and Natural England over their 'irrational' decision to conduct the 2013 badger cull with no independent expert scrutiny.
… gunmen" hired by the National Farmers Union "move through our countryside at night …
Anyone working to protect badgers from culling will know of Dominic Dyer - wildlife advocate and new director of the Badger Trust. Lesley Docksey met him 'on the hoof' at a recent march - and found out just why the badger campaign is so important to him.
… speaking skills through working in the Trade Union movement. This led to the late Mo Mowlam …
Owen Paterson's bold plans for a national badger cull rollout are now in tatters, writes Dominic Dyer, as he stands condemned by both sides in the debate. Wales shows the real way forward, with biosecurity, cattle movement control, TB testing and vaccination.
… elected President of the National Famers Union Meurig Raymond has called the decision …
The Badger Trust will challenge the trial badger culls in the High Court next month, claiming that Environment Secretary Liz Truss and Natural England are acting unlawfully in failing to appoint an expert panel to oversee the experiment.
… Trust, as well as the National Farmers' Union, on bovine TB control and the badger …
Last week the Upper Tribunal of the Royal Courts of Justice ordered Defra to release key information about the badger cull based on a 'public interest' argument, writes Lesley Docksey. Could this judgment open a new era of transparent and accountable government?
… was something that both the National Farmers Union and Countryside Alliance wanted, in …
The Badger Trust' is in the Court of Appeal today, making its case that the 2014 'trial' badger cull is unlawful, writes Dominic Dyer. But beyond that, the entire culling policy is driven by politics, not science, and is doomed to failure. It's time for Cameron to harness his 'big society' to apply a genuine solution: badger vaccination.
… Tory candidates from the National Farmers Union and Countryside Alliance. The policy …
Milk farmers in the badger cull zones hardly depend on Caffè Nero's custom, writes Dominic Dyer. So why are the pro-cull lobby so hot under the collar with the coffee chain's refusal to buy their produce? Because it could force the entire food chain to take responsibility for how milk is produced - and a very good thing too!
… huge pressure from the National Farmers Union, the badger cull will not be extended to …
Paterson's speech to Parliament on the continuation of the badger cull was not so much a masterpiece of deception, writes Lesley Docksey, as a crude botch-up of errors, wrong statistics and a failure to understand the very real problem of TB in cattle.
… will leave nothing for the National Farmers Union to blame. He emphasised his point: …
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 …