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West Kent Badger Group

1 day 43 minutes ago

Defra is set to allocate the NFU a £1.4m contract for a three-year badger vaccination and research project in Cornwall. The pilot, which is due to begin

West Kent Badger Group

1 day 44 minutes ago

Scientific research and field investigations reveal that well over 94% of bTB cases in cattle stem from infections transmitted between cows. Through our ongoing workshops at Gatcomb Farm, we show farmers how to eliminate bovine TB from herds without even mentioning badgers! Spread the word and join us in this

West Kent Badger Group

4 days 5 hours ago

This NFU Badger slaughter has been a brilliant way of getting taxpayers money into the hands of big business. Get paid for your slaughtered cattle, get paid to slaughter badgers, and now get paid to vaccinate them. Just think what the 1.4 million pounds could do for the local badger

West Kent Badger Group

6 days 1 hour ago

Please keep your dog under control near badger setts

West Kent Badger Group

6 days 1 hour ago

Had an email from ITV in the week requesting my video footage of the Badgers from the summer. My video footage will be aired on the 16/2/25(Sunday morning)ITV, Love your Weekend. The footage will also have a voice over by Lesley Joseph

West Kent Badger Group

1 week 1 day ago

February is a big month for these nocturnal mammals - it's cub season! 🦡

And it’s all happening in the ground below... this month, badger cubs are born in their setts. They’ll stay there until they begin to venture above in spring.

West Kent Badger Group

1 week 1 day ago

Had an email from ITV in the week requesting my video footage of the Badgers from the summer. My video footage will be aired on the 16/2/25(Sunday morning)ITV, Love your Weekend. The footage will also have a voice over by Lesley Joseph

West Kent Badger Group

1 week 1 day ago

This time of year our volunteers are checking dead badgers to see if they are lactating sows. It means that if necessary we can look out for little ones still dependent on their mothers. If you are in #Oxfordshire report here www.oxonbadgergroup.org.uk/report/ For the rest of the country report to

West Kent Badger Group

1 week 2 days ago

West Kent Badger Group

1 week 2 days ago

If you are angry that the labour government is still supporting the ineffective ( and cruel) badger cull, write to your MP and tell them what you think.

West Kent Badger Group

1 week 5 days ago

This painting and poem are for all my UK and Irish friends. I haven’t had a chance to see any living wild Badgers during my time spent in these places, but I’m hoping that will change this Autumn. The plight of this creature has spoken to my heart. How can

West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 33 minutes ago

❄️ Between the freezing temperatures and incoming storms, we understand some of you will be worried about our badger friends this winter. 💨 Contrary to belief, badgers don’t hibernate, but this doesn’t mean they need to forage through these cold months. Instead, badgers fall into torpor, a state of lowered

West Kent Badger Group updated their status.

3 weeks 38 minutes ago

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West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 39 minutes ago

West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 14 hours ago

He is so right

West Kent Badger Group updated their status.

3 weeks 1 day ago

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West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 1 day ago

West Kent Badger Group updated their status.

3 weeks 2 days ago

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West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 2 days ago

Why not join the West Kent Badger Group? Just £10.00 a year. Find us and our application form on our website - wkbg.org.uk

West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 2 days ago

West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 2 days ago

Jeremy Clarkson is scapegoating badgers for bTB and has reportedly slaughtered them all on his land. This is disgusting, cruel, and ignorant. You know what he’d really hate? If you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull. Let’s do it petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317

West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 3 days ago

💚 🦡 Help us get 2025 off to a great start for badgers! Please vote for us to receive £1,000 in the #MovementForGood awards Nominate BADGER TRUST online here >> buff.ly/2YIjDTi ⏰ The draw closes at midnight this Sunday, January 26, and takes place on the 27th. Thank you

West Kent Badger Group

3 weeks 3 days ago

Wonderful generosity by Jeff Beck’s family. £100,000 raised for Folly from the sale of one of Jeff’s guitars.

West Kent Badger Group updated their status.

3 weeks 4 days ago

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