Almost 250,000 badgers were culled: was it worth it?

Opponents say it was a 'travesty'. Supporters say it was well worth it. So what is the evidence?

Badger culling set to end in Cumbria’s Area 73 - Farmers Weekly

Badger culling in Cumbria’s Area 73 is set to end after two years of operations, with no licence confirmed for 2026 and vaccination now under

Playing Possum - The Badger Crowd - standing up for badgers

Surely Ireland is not serious about a Test Vaccinate Remove policy for badgers? It is difficult to believe, but the vets of Dublin and Belfast now appear to be using far-fetched claims from New...

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Defra’s badger TB vaccination ‘too limited to work’ - Farmers Weekly

Defra has allocated £200,000 to purchase about 6,000 doses of BadgerBCG vaccine for England’s bovine TB vaccination programme, prompting warnings that the

DAERA bTB shared island regionalisation project – information and UFU position | Ulster Farmers...

In April 2025, the TB Partnership Group’s Bovine TB in Northern Ireland: Blueprint for Eradication noted an action to develop and pilot a regionalised approach for the implementation of novel...

Cattle tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear - British Wildlife

Bovine tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear In the May 2023 issue of British Wildlife, I described the ‘weakened link’ between badgers and bovine TB (bTB) infection in cattle. Since that...

Cattle tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear - British Wildlife

Bovine tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear In the May 2023 issue of British Wildlife, I described the ‘weakened link’ between badgers and bovine TB (bTB) infection in cattle. Since that...

Godfray BTB review update 2025: a failure to deliver. - The Badger Crowd - standing up for badgers

In December 2024, rather than have an independent review, Defra re-appointed some of its familiar advisors to update their 2018 Bovine TB Strategy Review.  To consider “new evidence or analysis”...