Help support Trust’s badger vaccination appeal
The county’s largest nature conservation charity is asking for donations to help support its work in vaccinating badgers against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Staffordshire.
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Wildlife charity continues badger vaccination programme
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s annual badger vaccination programme is underway.
The Wildlife Trusts call for more investment in badger vaccination
Today the government released figures on the numbers of badgers vaccinated last year, in 2018. Their figures show that 641 were vaccinated – with half of these through the Badger Edge Vaccination…
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…
Stephen Fry backs The Wildlife Trusts’ appeal on Giving Tuesday
Stephen Fry has released a short film lending his support for The Wildlife Trusts’ 30 by 30, a public appeal to raise £30 million to start putting nature into recovery across at least 30% of land…
The badger cull and bTB
The Wildlife Trusts have opposed the badger cull since it started and believe that it is an ineffective tool in the fight against bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Whilst Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is very conscious of the hardship that Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) causes in the farming community and the need to find the right mechanisms to control the disease. However, we believe that a badger cull is not the answer.
Gun Moor Meadow appeal
Thanks to your help we've been able to purchase Gun moor's missing meadow!
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust appeal to save a third of the county for wildlife as PM commitments fall short
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust are calling on supporters to help them put nature into recovery across 30% of the county by 2030
Charity launches Gun Moor Meadow Appeal
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust have launched an urgent appeal to raise £81,000 to fund the purchase of Gun Moor Meadow, a missing piece of land on the edge of Gun Moor, which the Trust purchased in…
Trust completes another year of badger vaccinations
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has completed another year of a scheme to vaccinate badgers against bovine tuberculosis across a number of its sites in Staffordshire.
The Trust resumed its…
Badger vaccination programme
We continue to call on the Government to implement a programme of mechanisms to control the disease and deliver a cattle and badger vaccination strategy.
Trust resumes badger vaccination programme
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has resumed its badger vaccination programme this summer to help reduce the risk of badger to cattle transmission of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and show that…