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More than half of England’s badgers will be killed if the Government does not stop culling before the programme’s official end in 2026, campaign groups warned last night. The Government confirmed yesterday that it will not issue new licences for culling badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle after 2022. Culling will eventually cease entirely when licences expire in 2026. Since the controversial badger cull started in 2013, to control bovine tuberculosis, more than 140,000 badgers have been shot. Badgers carry bTB, which leads to farmers having to cull infected dairy herds, although the...

THE culling of badgers in Cheshire is due to come to an end – but both farmers and wildlife campaigners are unhappy at the Government proposals.

Badger culls could end two years before planned, Government says Half of UK's badgers could be killed before licences expire, campaign groups say The cull is carried out to prevent the spread of bovine TB Credit: Getty The end of the badger cull could come in two years earlier than planned, the Government said yesterday.  No new licences for badger culls will be issued after 2022, but existing licences run for four years, meaning more than half of the UK’s badgers could be killed before they run out in 2026, campaign groups said.  But the Government also said yesterday that existing cull ...

The Government has confirmed it will not issue new licences for culling badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle after 2022. But wildlife campaigners warn tens of thousands of badgers will be killed over the next four years before the programme is halted in 2026, and accused ministers of ignoring calls from the public to end the culls immediately. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) reacted angrily to the change in policy, warning it would jeopardise the ability to control the disease, which led to 27,000 cattle being slaughtered in England in the last year. Controversial culling of badgers, ...

Hartford music duo the BlackLoveSmiths take gospel in new direction Andrea Valluzzo FacebookTwitterEmail 2of6 3of6 4of6 Joanna “Jo” Smith and P. Smith Jr. perform their music as the BlackLoveSmiths.Courtesy of the BlackLoveSmithsShow MoreShow Less 5of6 The BlackLoveSmiths is a Hartford-based band that creates urban contemporary gospel music.Courtesy of the BlackLoveSmithsShow MoreShow Less 6of6 Gospel has long been a vibrant part of the overall music scene in Connecticut, one that’s mostly confined to church-based groups with a sprinkling of other well-known artists. The BlackLoveSmiths...