Apparently a pink nose indicates an albino rather than a leucistic badger
After over 30 years of working on badgers, yesterday for the first time I finally got to see an albino (trapped, vaccinated, and sampled under licence)
NOTE - this badger is anaesthetised (under licence) not dead!! She never left the capture site during the procedure, and was released within an hour of taking this photo
Scientists have known for years that most TB transmission occurs between cattle, but the idea was hard to mainstream because news coverage kept focusing on badgers. So it’s a big win to so far see no pictures of badgers in today’s press
The new bTB strategy is published! Key points: (1) most cattle get TB from other cattle, so most recommendations target cattle; (2) cattle vaccine rollout by 2030; (3) farmers & vets empowered to improve cattle testing; (4) badger vaccination in priority areas & an end to badger culling
Audience at Andrew George MP’s constituency meeting about his private members bill seems split between local housing issues and nature & climate issues… I wonder what he will choose
Look!!
You can read the new bTB strategy for yourself here eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Here is something I’m proud of: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Cattle to get TB vaccine from 2030 under ‘game-changing’ strategy as badger cull nears ends
- Eradication attempts have seen many thousands of cattle and badgers killed but the new strategy is a step change, says the government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Targeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038
Apparently a pink nose indicates an albino rather than a leucistic badger
After over 30 years of working on badgers, yesterday for the first time I finally got to see an albino (trapped, vaccinated, and sampled under licence)
The new bTB strategy is published! Key points: (1) most cattle get TB from other cattle, so most recommendations target cattle; (2) cattle vaccine rollout by 2030; (3) farmers & vets empowered to improve cattle testing; (4) badger vaccination in priority areas & an end to badger culling
Here is something I’m proud of: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.
He’s got it on his list at an event in Penzance right now 🤩
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Targeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038
Here is something I’m proud of: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
After over 30 years of working on badgers, yesterday for the first time I finally got to see an albino (trapped, vaccinated, and sampled under licence)
Video
Targeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038
