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Defra release new details of badger culling in 2023

Figures reveal a further 24,000 badgers could be killed under licence in the remainder of this year.

Born Free urges MPs to end UK badger cull

Born Free staff and supporters joined colleagues and friends from animal welfare groups to lobby MPs in Westminster to bring an immediate end to badger culling.

Speak up to save badgers

Care about badgers? Join us to lobby your MP to end the badger cull.

Is badger culling set to continue?

Born Free’s Head of Policy, Dr Mark Jones, has co-authored a report which investigates and challenges the Government’s claims that it is phasing out badger culling.

UK Government finally reveals latest badger cull numbers

More than 210,000 badgers killed to date in shameful and misguided efforts to control bovine TB in cattle.

Hedgehog & badger-killers

Born Free’s supports campaign to end the sale of illegal poison products in the UK aimed at killing protected species.

Wildlife rescue in the UK

Rescue & Care Officer Flo Blackbourn reports on Born Free’s support of wildlife rescue centres across the UK.

Total badgers killed under licence could exceed 200,000 by the end of 2022

The UK government has confirmed that as many as 67,801 badgers could be killed in 2022 under four year and supplementary cull licences. This could bring the total number of badgers killed under the cull policy since 2013 to over 200,000.

Experts call for moratorium and review of badger culls

In an open letter to Government, high profile academic and thought leaders call for a halt to badger culling, while data row is independently examined.

DEFRA admits using incorrect calculations’ to defend failed badger culling

Peer-reviewed research shows culling hasn’t worked.