Watch Badgers Now -in the 2030s They Will Be Near Extinct

I believe that we are currently looking at badgers in the British countryside becoming a rarity. Excluding the approximate 300,000 killed during the unscientific cull (and there is the threat of that starting up again at some point) and Wales not thinking of culling its badger population because they do not want to be "left out of the fun".  Bad animal husbandry is the main cause of bovine TB and we know (they were caught) of farmers selling bTB cattle they knew was infected.

Same with BSE infected cattle.

A Leicestershire farmer has been ordered to pay nearly £11,000 after repeatedly breaching the rules designed to protect animals from tuberculosis (TB).

 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/farmer-repeatedly-breached-tb-rules-10803403

British investigators have confirmed that they are examining more than 50 cases where farmers and cattle dealers have allegedly used bogus identity documents to conceal cows' ages in order to sell them for human consumption. Last week the agriculture ministry admitted that 90,000 cattle have gone missing from its surveillance scheme. About 1,600 cows a year are still being diagnosed with BSE.

https://www.iatp.org/news/ten-new-cjd-cases-raise-fears-of-cattle-cull-fraud

Politicians in the Welsh Parliament are not interested in the countryside or wildlife and are following the example of the Labour Party in seeking farmers votes and donations and who cares about a few badgers? The shooters earn a fairly good amount killing badgers -both cubs and adults. So farmers get what they want (a cover up of bad farming practice), the politicians get what they want (farmers votes and donations) and the psychopaths get what they want: money to kill something.

Every night across the UK men and women don the cammo gear and go out with their rifles to just kill for fun. It is NOT a 'sport' but a pastime for someone who is mentally unwell. On some of their forums they even joke about shooting disguised foxes -disguised as ginger or tabby cats with collars. It has been going on a long time and it has made sure that the fox has declined by at least 60% in the UK. 

I think that the idea or "topped a badger last night -helped the local farmer out" followed by congratulations and "keep it low key though like the rest of us" says a lot.  There is still badger baiting going on with gangs having finished off badgers in Wales (as they have the fox) now crossing into England for their 'fun'.  There are still local "badger men" who are paid by farmers to kill off badgewrs "on the quiet".

When you see shooters say their group has "blue insurance coverage" it means that one of their group is a serving police officer.

'Sport' shooting should be banned and anyone requesting a fire arms licence should undergo psychological testing. Wanting to kill something for 'fun' is not normal. 

The official attitude to all of this appears to be "who cares?" -we have a government that has passed legislation to destroy green spaces and wildlife habitat including setts for money from developers.  Bristol City Council and Long Ashton Parish Council have both ignored the presenceof otters, badgers, foxes, badgers and nesting bird sites to get the developers money. 

At the moment we have an ever decreasing urban fox population (Bristol has lost over 230 foxes so far in 2026) and an urban badger population (over 80 deaths in 2026). How are they dying? Road vehicles and out of control speeding on city streets is the 95% killer. We have had snaring of at least two foxes and one otter plus several fox deaths by deliberate dog attacks.

While people sit back watching their TVs and guzzling pizza the elected local authority bodies as well as the government are ploughing up and putting buildings and "mini towns" on green site while there are masses of brown (old industrial) sites where building can take place but, of course, building on pretty looking land (which is not after you build over it) looks good when you are selling a scheme or property. 

I never thought, after all the work put into conservation from the 1970s on that in 2026 we would be in a worse state than in the 1950s when it comes to wildlife and the environment. 

As I found out at the recent Wild Summit the main reaction is "Oh, that is so sad. Nothing we can do,"

Conservationists we lost. You cannot sugar coat it the greed anbd money grubbing as well as morons with guns and cars have won out.

Badgers, foxes and hedgehogs as well as other spoecies are going to be victims in the latest extinction event (the last great one in the UK was the 1860s).

No. 86

 Known badger death number 86: Young sow (deceased) A38 off the road

Badger Death Updates

 

083 Saturday 29 08 2026 Dead badger at side of road by cemetery entrance lodgeCanford Lane.

084 Saturday 05 09 2026 “Hi Terry, sadly there’s a deceased badger on the side of the road in the above location. It’s a little dicey to retrieve as there’s no pavement on that side of the road. Would it be possible to let me know what to do? I feel so sorry for it’s little body just lying on the side of a busy road”

085 Saturday 12 09 2026 'Im just running alongBadminton Roadand the junction withAintree Drive. And there is a dead badger by the kerb.

Legal Action Will Be Taken

 Since the "Wild Summit" on Wednesday I have been hearing back from people.  Some referred to a conversation they had with the Bristol Badger Group man. It was NOT me.

I am making it publicly clear and giving noexcuse for anyone. Whether Badger Trust or a representaive of theirs: if they identify themselves as BBG or set up a group by the name Bristol Badgert Group it has been agreed with my solicitor that Trust as well as their rep will be sued.

Bristol Badger group has existed and carried out a great deal of work since 1994 with the Badger trust failing to help at every request for assistance but simply copyibng and pasting something.  

The Badger Trust has behaved badly despite BBG offering to help them when we can. 

A Wild Summit To Achieve....?

 

I need to apologise to Bristol Fox Lady/Bristol Wildlife Rescue Sarah Millsfor dragging her to the so called Wild Summit. I printed out a small fortune (in ink) flyers and info packs to hand out.

Avon Wildlife Trust ("We work through Bristol City Council") were not interested in the fox and badger data. In fact, no one was interested in mammals whether otters, badgers, foxes (plenty of fox photos used though) or even hedgehogs. Bees, butterflies, wild flowers, water purity and conservation nd that was it.

Fella from the Badger Trust talking about setting up a Bristol Badger Group (8 times right next to me) so I jumped in every time and pointed out that I have run BBG since 1994/1995 but he kept it up and told me to my face he had heard of my fox work but not badger work. How good is the Badger Trust when they have had emails etc off me for 30 years and been told repeatedly over the last year there was a BBG? Kept trying to talk over me every time I was amking points based on years of research and work. Nope. Well not be cooperating wityh him or BT.

So making the countryside wild friendly but no one interested in wildlife crossings/tunnels.

Basically it was badly organised and had I paid £240 for a ticket there would have been trouble.

Oh West England .Wildlife Index was not that good. Their data was a mess they noted bird decline (mentioned 8 times as frightening) no idea about mammal decline or fish decline and then they told us how their data was basically not worth much as it needed another 5 years. I think Sarah probably heard my loud grunt as the woman in charge stated "We get data from naturalists but take it with a grain of salt" Talk about insulting the dying breed of people who go out getting the real data and muddied boots. I stopped myself from standing and walking out. I did feel sorry for one of the volunteers who stepped up to exp-lain the work she had been doing but got four heckles of "stand closer to the microphone" and she was nervous enough.

The RSPCA Senior scientific advisor stodd up and I just waited for her to say the great job the RSPCA does for wildlife but in the few minutes she spoke all I learnt was her field of work was tigers. Yes, foxes and badgers and British wildlife are silly so concentrate on ovrseas wildlife (which I am told the RSPCA is doing?!)

The ex copper who said we need better organisation, etc and some forces had no wildlife crime officer well...back into the early 2000s there were plenty of good PWLOs and senior officers were involved. Now we have a situations wth four wildlife crimes in the Bristol area (including a snared otter) and a fox torn up by a dog under the command of its owner and....nothing. We had three foxes found in one day on an allotment and the Wildlife officer visited the site and made notes and was offered the foxes to take (THAT should be standard) but he would not even go and look at the foxes and his notes ("intelligence") was it. THREE suspicious death foxes and the copper would not even look at them. Interestingly a PCSO did a better job and bagged up two foxes and a cat in a suspicious death case and submitted them for post mortems. Obviously the part time policeman had a better grasp of the job than the full time professional.

At times with 'quizzes", stickers, big sheets of paper and colour pens I felt I was back at Glenfrome Road nursery school.

Radio talks the event up well but there was NOTHING to the event just "We need to jolly well show the government by sending in a petition".

I do not likke rudeness or bad manners but that was also very evident at the event.

Basically an online petition appears to have been what was needed for most talks. That a great deal of the information was old -I have sources saying the same f thing from the 1980s and that was built on from 1970s work,

Field or any type of naturalist did not seem to be present. After a remark that anything from a naturalist was taken "with a pinch of salt" that was lucky.

I left thinking that I had lost two hours or so of my rapidly decling life anjd that working by myself seems the best way to go.

I was lucky that Sarah Mills was present as even she commented "Nothing on mammals? Not even hedgehogs!"

Maybe I should have had a table there to push mammals?

Badger 84 -and advice to those finding dead badgers

 "Hi Terry, sadly there’s a deceased badger on the side of the road in the above location. It’s a little dicey to retrieve as there’s no pavement on that side of the road. Would it be possible to let me know what to do? I feel so sorry for it’s little body just lying on the side of a busy road"

As we are blocked from submitting badgers for post mortem "due to Health and Safety bTB concerns" (while PMs are carried out on other badgers) our advice is to leave badgers where they are if on a very busy road since we do not want anyone attempting to move a dead badger and getting hit by a vehicle. If by the side of the road"let nature take its course".

My THANKS to the person who made the report.

And....Dead Badger Number 82 (known)

 Dead badger on the B1333 congresbury road

I don't think wildlife crossing signs would help as motorists know there is wildlife crossing those roads but...