Badger vaccination information

We initiated a Badger Vaccination Programme in 2014 to offer a humane alternative to culling. Vaccination can prevent badgers from contracting bTB, thus offering a non-lethal method to manage the disease in wildlife.

The vaccination programme and badger campaign successfully halted the cull coming to Derbyshire in 2019. Disappointingly, the Government has since reissued licenses and the cull continues in Derbyshire today (2024).

Badger vaccination was only ever a short-term solution to protect this iconic species whilst we campaigned for the government to end the badger cull and accelerate the rollout of a cattle vaccine, and place greater emphasis and investment on livestock measures.

However, data and evidence gathered since the start of our badger vaccination programme show that even vaccinated badgers are sadly killed.

We understand the devastation that bTB causes to affected farmers and the wider farming community, but we need to find the right mechanisms to control the disease.  Badgers are not the primary cause of the spread of bTB in cattle, the Badger Trust has estimated that 94%* of cattle infections are from cow to cow.

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