What to feed hedgehogs and badgers
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
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A decade of donations for Cornwall’s Living Seas
Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Helston-based children’s wear company Frugi are celebrating their 10 year partnership, which has seen an incredible £111,000 in donations from the business to the…
European badger
Badgers are the UK’s largest land predator and are one of the most well-known British species. They are famed for their black and white stripes and sturdy body, using their strong front paws to…
What do the latest Defra bTB proposals mean for farmers, cattle and badgers?
Defra’s latest proposals for bovine TB eradication in England are currently out for consultation and include plans to change the badger cull policy and cattle testing regimes. Cheryl Marriott,…
Set the alarm for 3am! Why we're still rising early to vaccinate badgers
Tom Shelley, Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Conservation Manager, talks to us about the joys of waking up in the middle of the night to take part in badger vaccinations.
Badger Vaccination in Cornwall
At Cornwall Wildlife Trust we have been working on the issue of badgers and TB in cattle for several years, with many groups including scientists from the Zoologicial Society of London (ZSL), farmers, landowners, vets and academics.
Record year for badger vaccinations in Cornwall as Wildlife Trust hail trailblazing farmers for success
Vaccinations gain ground in Cornwall, with 251 badgers vaccinated during the 2022 season, although two new cull areas announced.
Trail-blazing farmers to start badger vaccination in mid-Cornwall
A surge of interest in badger vaccination from farmers in mid-Cornwall has led them to team up with Cornwall Wildlife Trust. The Trust has started to vaccinate badgers on their nature reserves in…
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Farmer-led badger vaccination project off to flying start
The farmer-led badger vaccination programme in mid-Cornwall, recently featured on BBC Countryfile, has got off to a flying start with 66 badgers vaccinated already and several farms still to go.…
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Badger cull expansion makes no sense
Defra has announced an expansion to the badger culls in Cornwall and horrifyingly, 83% of Cornwall is now in a badger cull zone. This is one of ten new badger cull areas covering a huge area…