N.Ireland
Fermanagh man arrested for possible badger baiting
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has arrested a 34-year-old Fermanagh man in connection with animal cruelty. The man...
Badgers
N.Ireland
Culling badgers not the answer warns UK consultant
Culling badgers will have “no meaningful impact” on campaigns designed to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB), according to a leading UK...
N.Ireland
Chair of TB eradication partnership re-affirms need for badger cull
The chair of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Partnership (TBEP), Sean Hogan, has re-affirmed the need for a badger cull in...
Veterinary
Badgers with worm infections more likely to have TB - study
Badgers with helminth parasite infections are more likely to have tuberculosis (TB), and infection of both is more likely once...
N.Ireland
Wildlife groups to legally challenge badger cull in NI
The decision to launch a badger cull in Northern Ireland (NI) is to be legally challenged in the courts by...
N.Ireland
USPCA condemns badger cull as part of bTB plan
The Ulster Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has condemned the badger cull announced by the Northern...
Agri-Business
No link between badger culling and bovine TB reduction - UK study
There is no evidence to show that mass badger culling in the UK prevents bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, according...
Rural Life
Badger culling 'necessary until TB significantly reduced'
Some level of badger culling will remain necessary until TB levels have significantly reduced, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Veterinary
DAFM notified of 2,917 new badger setts in 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) was notified of 2,917 new badger setts across the country in...
Agri Politics
TB testing of badgers needed with sett mapping - ICSA
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said testing badgers for TB must go hand in hand with...
Agri Politics
Mapping of badger setts 'a positive move in addressing main driver of TB'
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s request for information on the location of badger setts is “a positive...
Rural Life
Study suggests humans transported badgers from Britain to Ireland
A new study into badger genetics has shown those from the north-eastern and south-eastern counties of Ireland share genetics with badgers...
Rural Life
Trinity badger research could 'minimise spread of TB'
Zoology researchers from Trinity College Dublin, working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the National Parks...
Dairy
Discovery of 'super-ranging' badgers offers 'opportunity' to fight against TB
A ‘super-ranging’ behaviour in badgers has been newly discovered by a team of Irish researchers – which could have a...
Opinion
It’s time to take a cross-border approach on TB eradication
The issue of Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) eradication continues to strike fear into the heart of every Irish livestock farmer. Ireland...
Beef
'Badgers unfairly blamed for a problem that was not their making'
Badgers have been unfairly blamed for bovine tuberculosis (TB) – a problem that was not their making, according to the...
Beef
Badgers to be vaccinated as part of bovine TB eradication programme
Badgers are set be vaccinated as part of the bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
N.Ireland
First badger report reveals 41 crimes in 2015
Northern Ireland’s first badger report shows just over 40 potential badger crimes were reported in 2015. The report was published...
