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The Northern Ireland Badger Group is an independent, not-for-profit initiative, which aims to promote the understanding, protection and welfare of badgers. It opposes all inhumane acts against badgers including digging, baiting, gassing and snaring.
The Group seeks to work with the farming community in Northern Ireland to resolve the bovine TB problem. However, we believe there there is no scientific evidence to support the culling badgers as an effective measure against bovine TB. Click here for more information on bovine TB
The Group seeks to work with the farming community in Northern Ireland to resolve the bovine TB problem. However, we believe there there is no scientific evidence to support the culling badgers as an effective measure against bovine TB. Click here for more information on bovine TB
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‘Up to 1,000 badgers found to be infected with tuberculosis could be killed for
the first time in Northern Ireland in a bid to halt the spread of the disease in
cattle’ According to the Irish News, The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Northern Ireland has acquired a licence to cull badgers in a so-
New survey of badgers in Northern Ireland. The recent study, carried out by Quercus on behalf of the the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, indicates that the badger population here remain stable.