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...
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...
Rural Life
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
Zoology researchers from Trinity College Dublin, working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the National Parks...
Dairy
A ‘super-ranging’ behaviour in badgers has been newly discovered by a team of Irish researchers – which could have a...
Opinion
The issue of Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) eradication continues to strike fear into the heart of every Irish livestock farmer. Ireland...
Beef
Badgers have been unfairly blamed for bovine tuberculosis (TB) – a problem that was not their making, according to the...
Beef
Badgers are set be vaccinated as part of the bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s first badger report shows just over 40 potential badger crimes were reported in 2015. The report was published...
N.Ireland
The Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project is to start today, June 19, in a 100km² area...
N.Ireland
A badger control policy should be implemented in Northern Ireland to reduce the overall level of infection in the badger population,...
N.Ireland
The Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland, Michelle McIlveen has reiterated her commitment to eradicate TB in Northern Ireland. “Bovine...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture intends to deploy a full badger vaccination strategy as soon as robust scientific evidence becomes available,...
Dairy
Badgers prefer land more than 50m from cattle and TB is more than likely spread between the two species in...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has said that his Department fully complies with the terms and conditions of licences issued...
N.Ireland
The third year of the badger Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Project is to begin in a 100km area...
Rural Life
Former guitarist with rock band Queen – Brian May – is to challenge the lawfulness of UK badger cull licences,...