17 April: Oxfordshire Badger Group delivers open letter, 12,000-signature petition to Oxford University's Department of Biology, opposing badger cull as "cruel and ineffective."

Oxfordshire Badger Group delivers open letter, petition to Oxford University's Department of Biology on 17 April, calling cull "cruel and ineffective." Group claims scientific research has been misused to justify killings. The petition, 'Oxford Scientists Must Speak Out Against Badger Extermination,' has over 12,000 signatures and is still growing. The group aims to oppose the cull before DEFRA consultation on extending and intensifying it closes on 22 April.

April 20, 2024
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