This is it - we have finally got the AGM venue/event sorted...
Chartridge Village Hall, 2pm Saturday 26th September, AGM and discussion of badger issues, followed by a walk to the local woods to see badger setts, tracks and other signs (Some fairly steep paths so please wear stout footwear!)
The Hall is on the main road through Chartridge on the corner of the Cogdells Lane turning.
The Post Code to find Cogdells Lane (which is the best place to park) is HP5 2TW
Grid Reference SP 9299 0382

Regular visitors the the Buckinghamshire Badger Group website will already be aware that the site has undergone a redesign.
We hope you like the new style but if you have any suggestions as to how the site could be improved we would welcome any feedback you have. Please use the contact form for all submissions. 

Defra are starting a voluntary scheme over 5 years to vaccinate badgers in six areas where there is a high incidence of bovine TB in cattle. The project areas are in Staffordshire, Hereford & Worcester, Devon and Gloucestershire. Vaccination is expected to start in Summer 2010 using BCG vaccine (same as the human vaccine). No on-site testing of badgers will be done, all the trapped badgers will be vaccinated and released. The aim of this is to reduce the bTB reservoir in the badger population in these areas, which will hopefully start to reduce the incidences of bTB in cattle. It does NOT mean that badgers are a significant cause of bTB in cattle, but anything that reduces the possible transmission paths of the disease could start to reduce the level of bTB outbreaks.

Welsh consultation - please respond by July 17. Click here to download the pdf. It is a public consultation anyone can respond, so please do. Please remember the scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of culling. 

Dear Secretary of State,
Final report of the independent scientific group on cattle TB ... First, while badgers are clearly a source of cattle TB, careful evaluation of our own and others data indicates that badger culling can make no meaningful contribution to cattle TB control in Britain. Indeed, some policies under consideration are likely to make matters worse rather than better.
Second, weaknesses in cattle testing regimes mean that cattle themselves contribute significantly to the persistence and spread of disease in all areas where TB occurs, and in some parts of Britain are likely to be the main source of infection. Scientific findings indicate that the rising incidence of disease can be reversed, and geographical spread contained, by the rigid application of cattle-based control measures alone.

F J Bourne