Beef
TB: 'Underwhelming' wildlife programme 'continuing to fail farmers'
The wildlife control and research programme under the TB Eradication Programme is “continuing to fail farmers”, the Irish Cattle and...
Beef
The wildlife control and research programme under the TB Eradication Programme is “continuing to fail farmers”, the Irish Cattle and...
Agri Health
A Green Party TD has questioned the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about state spending on tuberculosis (TB)...
biodiversity
Gardaí in Co. Limerick are appealing for witnesses in a suspected case of badger baiting, after finding holes dug into...
Beef
Suckler farmer, Joe McEvoy from Drumconrath, Co. Meath is one of many farmers in a constant battle with rising cases...
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) captured and vaccinated 7,837 badgers against bovine tuberculosis (TB) up until...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has “acknowledged” that culling badgers in order to control the spread...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) captured and vaccinated 7,244 badgers against tuberculosis (TB) in 2022. This...
N.Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has arrested a 34-year-old Fermanagh man in connection with animal cruelty. The man...
N.Ireland
Culling badgers will have “no meaningful impact” on campaigns designed to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB), according to a leading UK...
N.Ireland
The chair of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Partnership (TBEP), Sean Hogan, has re-affirmed the need for a badger cull in...
Veterinary
Badgers with helminth parasite infections are more likely to have tuberculosis (TB), and infection of both is more likely once...
N.Ireland
The decision to launch a badger cull in Northern Ireland (NI) is to be legally challenged in the courts by...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has condemned the badger cull announced by the Northern...
Agri-Business
There is no evidence to show that mass badger culling in the UK prevents bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, according...
Rural Life
Some level of badger culling will remain necessary until TB levels have significantly reduced, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Veterinary
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) was notified of 2,917 new badger setts across the country in...
Agri Politics
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said testing badgers for TB must go hand in hand with...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s request for information on the location of badger setts is “a positive...