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…
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The badger cull and bTB
The Wildlife Trusts have opposed the badger cull since it started and believe that it is an ineffective tool in the fight against bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Whilst Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is very conscious of the hardship that Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) causes in the farming community and the need to find the right mechanisms to control the disease. However, we believe that a badger cull is not the answer.
Badger vaccination programme
We continue to call on the Government to implement a programme of mechanisms to control the disease and deliver a cattle and badger vaccination strategy.
Trust resumes badger vaccination programme
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has resumed its badger vaccination programme this summer to help reduce the risk of badger to cattle transmission of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and show that…
Trust calls for badger cull to be halted
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has expressed deep concern after it was confirmed an area in Staffordshire has been included in the expansion of the badger cull.
Wildlife charity continues badger vaccination programme
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s annual badger vaccination programme is underway.
Trust completes another year of badger vaccinations
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has completed another year of a scheme to vaccinate badgers against bovine tuberculosis across a number of its sites in Staffordshire.
The Trust resumed its…
The Wildlife Trusts call for more investment in badger vaccination
Today the government released figures on the numbers of badgers vaccinated last year, in 2018. Their figures show that 641 were vaccinated – with half of these through the Badger Edge Vaccination…
Trust responds to new badger cull licences
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is extremely disappointed that the Government has issued new licenses to cull badgers in seven new areas of England, including one in Staffordshire. This means that…
Government’s plans to phase out the Badger Cull are misleading
Experts at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust are frustrated with the Government’s timetable to end the Badger Cull, calling the latest update misleading.
Help support Trust’s badger vaccination appeal
The county’s largest nature conservation charity is asking for donations to help support its work in vaccinating badgers against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Staffordshire.
Trust calls for immediate end to badger culls
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is calling on the Government to halt the ineffective culling of badgers – and warned 2025 is too long to wait for a cattle vaccine to be made widely available.