End Badger Persecution
With their stripey faces, twinkling eyes, and starring roles in many children’s books and films, badgers are one of the most beloved of British mammals – but also one of the most persecuted.
The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 makes it an offence to wilfully kill, injure, cruelly ill-treat, or take a badger (or to disturb an active sett), but badgers are still suffering at the hands of badger baiters, hunt terriermen, the shooting industry, and badger cull contractors.
Protect the Wild is working hard to tackle badger persecution.
- We have written numerous Substack posts detailing our reasons for opposing the badger cull (see links below)
- We have commissioned a series of powerful animations designed to highlight the cruelty and ineffectiveness of the badger cull.
- Through our Equipment Fund we’re proud to have been providing trail cams and night vision optics to front-line groups taking direct action in the field to protect badgers.
- We’re syndicating the blog posts of the Badger Crowd – a team of specialised ecologists and scientists who focus on badgers and the cull.
- We created Protectors of the Wild, a free resource that looks in detail at the laws protecting badgers and other animals. Protectors explains what we can do if we see a wildlife crime taking place.
- We called on the incoming Labour government to honour its promise to stop the badger cull. Over 102k supporters signed our government epetition! A parliamentary debate has been scheduled for Monday 14 October at 4:00pm.
READ OUR RECENT SUBSTACK ARTICLES ON BADGERS
Inside Oxford: Confronting the Scientists Behind the Badger Cull (October 2025)
The Badger Cull Debate is Finally Here, Now We Need Your Help (September 2025)
The Post Office Scandal of Wildlife: Badger Cull Exposed as a Catastrophic Mistake (September 2025)
Over 230,000 Badgers Killed for Nothing: DEFRA Review Confirms the Real Cause of TB (September 2025)