James Griffiths said he had to cull 20 of his cows after they failed tests for bovine TB.

Farmer fears bovine tuberculosis is rising despite pilot badger cull

Emma Ead says there have been no further cases of bTB since Cornwall Wildlife Trust started vaccinating badgers on their family farm.

Cornwall farmer glad she never signed up for badger cull

Badger culling has been approved in 11 more areas in England, despite the government indicating earlier this year they were considering backing away from the strategy.

Where is badger culling allowed in England?

Wildlife campaigners in Northampton say they're worried thousands of badgers could be killed next month after they say leaked government papers show plans for culls in several areas across the country.

Northampton campaigners say Government has plans to cull thousands of badgers

The controversial cull of the wild animals is taking place in 40 areas across England this year. 

Badger cull 'is reducing outbreaks of TB in cattle'

New research suggests the practice drives the animals to roam more land than before the cull.

Badger culling ‘could be making problem of tuberculosis in cattle worse’

Culls will now take place in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire and the former county of Avon under the licences from Natural England.

More badger culling licences granted in effort to stop spread of Bovine TB

The Government has granted licences for culling in 11 additional areas and reauthorises 29 existing culls across England.

Badger cull expanded in effort to tackle TB in cattle

An independent review into the government's strategy for tackling bovine TB found culling showed a "real effect but a modest effect".

Badger culling only has 'modest effect' in stopping bovine TB

Campaigners in Devon have released distressing images of a badger caught in a trap, as part of the national cull to combat Bovine TB.

Campaigners release distressing badger cull images

The Government has announced that the badger cull is to take place in 11 new areas of England including Wiltshire.

Badger cull to be extended into Wiltshire

Campaigners argue the badger cull is inhumane and ineffective in tackling the spread of TB to cattle.

Government allows badger culling in 11 new areas

The Welsh Government's new measures to tackle TB in cattle include trapping badgers on farms where herds are chronically infected 

Humanely killing badgers with TB now an option

The latest Government figures show a big increase in the number of West Country badgers killed to stop the spread of tuberculosis in cattle.

More than 10,000 badgers killed in latest cull

As the badger cull in the South West draws to a close, protesters have been demonstrating outside Natural England's offices in Exeter

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