Judicial review of Northern Ireland badger cull
Our legal challenge against the badger cull in Northern Ireland was heard at Belfast’s High Court on Monday 21st November 2022 with The Honourable Mr Justice Scoffield presiding. Details of our case, run in partnership with the Northern Ireland Badger Group, can be found here. At the hearing on Monday, Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, […]
Wild Justice granted permission for judicial review of badger cull in Northern Ireland
Our legal challenge against the badger cull in Northern Ireland took a step forward last Friday when we were granted permission for judicial review in the High Court. Judicial review is a type of court proceeding where a judge reviews the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public body, in this case […]
Press Release: Wildlife groups’ court hearing challenge to Northern Ireland badger cull by shooting
Campaigners have a hearing on Friday 9 September at the High Court in Belfast to challenge a cull of badgers in Northern Ireland by shooting. Wild Justice and Northern Ireland Badger Group (NIBG) say a decision announced in March 2022 by Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots to allow farmers to use rifles to kill […]
Court hearing this week to challenge the badger cull in Northern Ireland
Press release from Leigh Day: Wildlife groups’ court hearing challenge to Northern Ireland badger cull by shooting Campaigners have a hearing on Friday 9th September 2022 at the High Court in Belfast to challenge a cull of badgers in Northern Ireland by shooting. Wild Justice and the Northern Ireland Badger Group (NIBG) say a decision […]
Badgers in Northern Ireland: Update 1.4.22
Over the last month, we’ve been getting ready for a potential challenge of a proposed Badger cull in Northern Ireland. Thanks to your generous support, this morning we’ve surpassed £30,000 towards our legal costs in our Crowdfunder – thank you to every one of you who has donated. Last week, we heard some news – […]
Debating Badgers in Parliament – some first thoughts
Westminster Parliamentary petitions: Wild Justice supports the use of parliamentary petitions across the UK parliaments. They are a valuable way of bringing matters to the attention of politicians that might otherwise be avoided. All UK residents and citizens living abroad are entitled to sign such petitions. A Petitions Committee exists to run the process in […]
Debating Badgers in Parliament
Yesterday afternoon, parliament debated our petition from last year, signed by over 106,000 of you. MPs gathered to discuss the issue of culling, following our call to ban the shooting of badgers immediately. The discussion was generally civilised, with points presented from both sides of the debate. Some MPs, like Daniel Zeichner, spoke to defend […]
Important new study on Badger culling
Today an important paper on Badger culling has been published in the journal Veterinary Record. The paper reports on new and detailed analysis, and concludes that Badger culling has been ineffective in reducing bovine Tuberculosis in cattle herds. It is significant because it is is the largest examination of Government data on Badger culls, which […]
Link Guest Blog: Ask your MP to end Badger cull cruelty on 21 March
Today the Wildlife and Countryside Link have hosted a blog from Wild Justice on their website. You can read what we said below: In 2020 Wild Justice launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for an immediate ban on the licensing of the shooting of Badgers by Natural England. When it closed in March 2021, the petition […]
What’s happening with Badgers in Northern Ireland?
Our Crowdfunder for a legal challenge of a proposed Badger cull in Northern Ireland has just passed £25,000 in donations. Thank you to everyone for your support and contributions! So, where are we at with news of this proposed cull? Wild Justice have been in detailed correspondence with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural […]
Please write to your MP about Badgers
Last year, over 106,000 of you signed our petition asking for a ban on shooting Badgers in England. Yesterday, we finally heard that our petition will be debated in Parliament very soon – Monday 14th March at 16:30. Update: The debate on Shooting Badgers in England has been postponed to Monday 21st March, at 4:30. […]
Breaking News: Date confirmed for Badger-shooting debate
Breaking news: you may remember our petition calling for a ban on shooting Badgers in England. You might have been one of the the 106,108 people who signed it back in 2020. At the time, we argued that shooting is poorly monitored and is a method of culling that is inhumane. We said we believe […]